UX Design Foundations — UX Design Roadmap
What UX design actually is, and the mental models it's built on
Steps in UX Design Foundations
- What Is UX Design? (vs UI, vs Product Design) — beginner · Where UX design's responsibilities start and end relative to UI and product management
- The Double Diamond Design Process — beginner · Diverging and converging twice: discovering the problem, then discovering the solution
- Human-Centered Design Principles — beginner · Designing with and for real users rather than assumptions about them
- Usability Heuristics (Nielsen's 10 Heuristics) — beginner · A widely used checklist for spotting usability problems in any interface
- Cognitive Load & Mental Models — beginner · How much a user can process at once, and how their existing expectations shape what feels intuitive
Part of
- UX Design roadmap — the full learning path