One of the key components to creating a successful website is understanding the importance of UI/UX design (User Interface and User Experience). This combination involves combining design with user behavior insights to create an optimal experience on any digital platform, whether it be mobile or web.
What is UI/UX Design?
UI/UX design is a form of user-centered design, focused on improving the overall experience of using digital products and services. By implementing strategies to tend to customer needs, UX design creates a user interface (UI) that aesthetically appeals to users while providing them with an intuitive, efficient experience. This type of design is in charge of creating the visual aspects of a product, such as its layout, color palette, and typography. Not only that, but it ensures that its visuals reflect good usability principles while making sure customers understand how to use the interface without confusion or frustration.
How UI/UX Design Affects Our Everyday Life
This type of design affects all aspects of our lives in very complex but subtle ways. From the minute we wake up and interact with appliances, to the decisions we make while shopping online, it has a large impact on how we choose products and interact with different technologies. Without taking into account user needs, preferences, and behavior when developing products, it would be much less likely to produce positive user experiences across the board. From its immense contribution to the success of companies, like Apple, to the availability of online job portals, like Indeed, UI/UX design is essential for understanding customer requirements and creating products that are both economically successful and socially beneficial.
How Exactly Does UI/UX Design Pertain to Web Development?
UI/UX plays an essential role in the development of any website. (check out this case study to read more about these benefits.) It has the immense power to maintain visitor engagement. It ensures that the flow and navigation of the website is well-defined, that layouts are well-organized and pleasing to the eye, and that colors are effectively used to create an attractive theme. UI/UX helps accomplish this by providing valuable, proven methods and techniques. According to klipfolio.com, studies show that the average time that a visitor spends on a webpage is 52 seconds. Implementing UI/UX design will increase website traffic, but also keep it there. A comprehensive design strategy is integral for any successful web development project. Our digital audit process helps define this strategy.
UI/UX design not only affects our everyday life, but is essential for successful web development. A well-designed website can help create an enjoyable and efficient experience for users and is the key to keeping people satisfied with any site. At Dowden Consulting, we have trained designers, ready to implement UI/UX to any website in any shape! Contact us, for more information.