What the hell is uxd?

A formula tells you: UXD= UI+ID+UX+COD. As the name implies, UXD universal design is a comprehensive upgrade of the ability requirements of UI designers. After the course, you will have excellent user interface design (UI) ability, master practical experience in interactive design (ID), user experience design (UX) and cross-media design (COD), and become a well-paid all-round design talent.

Let's analyze the main contents and associations of each design module course in detail.

1. What are UI design, interaction design, user experience and cross-media design?

1.UI design

UI design is also called interface design, which is the abbreviation of user interface. Refers to the interface visual design according to the product design specification. UI design mainly studies graphics, devotes itself to improving the product appearance of software user experience, and is mainly responsible for the product's face value. Whether a product looks good or not depends on the design skill and aesthetic orientation of UI designers.

2. Interaction design

Interaction design, abbreviated as ID, refers to the interaction design between people and products. Compared with interface design, interactive design is dedicated to solving the user's needs based on people, and is mainly responsible for whether the product is easy to use. After all, in this competitive era, it is not enough to be a "vase" with a beautiful face. Only beautiful and easy-to-use products can win the favor of users.

3. User experience

User experience, referred to as UE or UX for short, refers to the user's feelings about the use of products, and mainly solves the problem that the design meets or even exceeds the user's psychological expectations. When a product has a certain value and is easy to use, it is necessary to think about how to better improve the user experience. Rob a lot of good products, but how to make users become loyal fans of your products needs to constantly improve the user experience and make users fall in love with your products.

4. Cross-media design

Cross-media design, referred to as COD, mainly refers to the standardized design of mobile phones, websites, home appliances, automobiles and other platforms, and mainly solves the problems of brand consistency and adaptability of multiple platforms.

We know that the design industry has gone through several iterations, and there will be users with different usage habits in each period. Some people like to use computers, others like to use mobile phones, so we can't design a product only for one platform or one type of users. Suitable for PC, mobile phone, TV, etc. Our design needs to adapt to the release of different platforms while maintaining a unified style. Want to release the same product on different platforms, which requires cross-media design.

Second, what do they have to do with UXD universal design?

With the change of product ideas, enterprises no longer need designers who can only do one thing, because every job is not isolated and needs mutual assistance among various departments, so a versatile and compound talent has become what enterprises just need. Our UXD universal design course is equal to UI+ID+UX+COD, and the approximate proportion is interface visual design accounting for 50%, interactive design accounting for 30%, user experience design accounting for 10%, and cross-media design accounting for 10%.

In order to cultivate the design talents needed by the times, our curriculum research and development team set the UXD all-round design course as a brand-new course, focusing on UI and interactive design, supplemented by user experience and cross-media design. UI and interactive design account for 80% of the class hours, which are the core skills of all-round designers and the most demanding part of enterprise recruitment. User experience and cross-media design account for 20% of the class hours, which are other skills that future designers need on the basis of the main course.

Through UXD universal design course, you can not only learn the most practical and systematic design knowledge at present, but also get in touch with the most novel and popular design concepts in the future. After completing the course, you can not only master the skills of graphic designer or UI designer, but also improve your comprehensive ability and change your design thinking. You know, the advantage of an all-round designer is not just 1+ 1=2.