Changchun web design not only needs the beauty of visual vision, but more importantly, it needs to consider issues from the user's perspective. A product doesn't just need a beautiful appearance; ease of use and availability are the basic requirements of a product. First, understand your own value in the team and take on responsibility.
Many designers like to complain that customers don't understand design and that there isn't enough time. In large teams, due to various complexities in the process, designers complain even more. Not being respected in the team or being criticized, why is this? It's because you haven't taken on a responsibility. If you want to gain others' recognition, then please take on the responsibilities that a designer should have. A designer isn't simply making pages or drawing gradients. If it were only these things, then where would our value be? As a designer, I believe our responsibilities are very heavy. I always think that solving visual problems alone is far from enough. We should consider the company and the product, creating intangible value. Also, innovation in thinking is important. Given China's current national conditions, designers not only solve users' problems and meet their needs, but also create better things for them. Constantlyé¢ è¦†ing oneself, negating oneself, and creating new things. After all, creation is a designer's true pursuit. Otherwise, you're just a tool for making graphics and pages. Yes, only by understanding one's own value can one understand how to realize self-value. Doing good design is the responsibility of every designer.
Second, measure your level in design. There are four levels of design: 1. Meeting people's physiological needs. This level usually involves companies in the early stages. Because a company needs a logo or a website, they must make one, and that's it. They may not even know the role and significance of logos and websites. 2. Meeting people's aesthetic needs. 3. Concealing profit. 4. Creating brand and value (this is the ultimate goal and highest realm of design). Therefore, from small personal companies to large ones, your design benefits differ depending on which level you're at. Each designer should consider which level they're at, as this determines the direction of your development. Companies in the early stages (especially traditional industries) often desire design but don't know where to start. The reason lies in the lack of value-driven initiatives, and no one tells the leadership how to proceed. The value of design must be quantified, which requires us to analyze data on products and the design process. If you don't have these data, investigate and refer to competitors' data. What if the company completely fails to recognize the value of design? Introduce information from outside, tell them what design can bring to the company, the product, and the service in terms of cost-effective quality, as well as the heights achieved by other companies in the same industry, scale, and field through design. If your boss is driven by profit, then your promotion will definitely get a return. If he still doesn't care, then fire him!
Third, cultivate yourself to become better. 1. Perfect every pixel. Believe in the phrase "details make perfection." A website's quality largely depends on its details. These details are reflected in every corner, every pixel's concavity and convexity, every shadow's lightness and heaviness, every space, and every contrast feeling. Without good creativity, then put more effort into perfecting every detail. You should know that the difference of one pixel is the gap between an original and a counterfeit. A good website must be visually comfortable. Details give the website its quality, just like how each of your daily details forms the image others have of you. 2. Write specifications for yourself and your partners. Writing design standards generally applies to medium and large projects, and usually does not include special topic pages. Often, when designing something and delivering it for execution, the process can be as long as the design itself. First, ensure the design draft can be fully displayed, and during front-end and program development, without specifications, it's hard to guarantee quality. Colleagues focused on functional logic prioritize accurate code and function implementation, rarely caring about differences of a few pixels in margins or the quality of saved images. Should designers and front-end developers spend half a day explaining these things? Therefore, establishing a standard later on is very necessary. It reduces communication costs between design and front-end, decreases the probability of errors. Furthermore, after the product goes online, it's usually maintained by the operations team. Those design ideas we've validated are hard to silently pass down, resulting in the gradual distortion of the website. On a larger scale, a complete set of design standards can outline the correct trajectory of the product, helping it operate within normal ranges. Additionally, not every interface or function can create new rules, so we need a carrier to hold our design ideas and rules. Below are some simple standards from work, which can well replace communication between design and front-end, avoiding disputes in subsequent designs. 3. Learn to manage time and improve efficiency. Ensure you only do relatively important things at the same time. Requirements are usually sent to my email in advance, and tasks are allocated according to the requirements. Evaluate whether the plan can be completed and the required time. Remember, time passes in waste, cherish and manage it. Know clearly what you need to complete every day, set a small plan for yourself. Specifically controlling time can make you feel full every day. 4. Work and learn at the same time, don't say you can't. If you like design, then design is a pleasure. Learn while working, work while learning. Try different expression methods, learn different forms of expression. If you have ideas but can't implement them due to your own skills, then don't think too much, just learn. Learn and apply immediately. Look at high-level designers' works on websites regularly. Communicate and exchange with colleagues at the same time. Listen to others' opinions. Learn from others' strengths, everyone in the team has their own strengths. If each of us takes a small step forward, the team will move forward a big step. 5. Communication, learn the art of communication. Designers aren't artists, so they can't just focus on "creation" alone. The birth of a good design work, communication plays a very important part. We need to clearly understand the client's requirements to know how to proceed. Many times, rework and rejection are caused by unclear communication in the early stages. Of course, sometimes the client changes their mind. When the client's idea is clear, we need to listen and understand. Provide appropriate supplements and comprehensive understanding of product requirements and design intentions. If the client's idea is unclear, we need to guide and offer suggestions with our professional knowledge. 6. Understand collection, enjoy sharing. Designers are all good friends! Whether in work or study, we generously share our experiences and achievements. Collection is for learning more, broadening our horizons, seeing many excellent works, feeling more from their excellence, often marveling at our own insignificance, standing outside the door of design, realizing we're just apprentices. There's so much to strive for, and much of the motivation comes from this. Study successful websites at home and abroad, hoping to borrow their design techniques and apply them to work. One person's energy and vision are limited, only by sharing with each other can we learn more and see a broader sky. Therefore, the team now holds regular personal sharing sessions. Here, I recommend a picture browsing tool that everyone is familiar with, Picasa, which can gather all the photos on your computer. It's very convenient to find them.
Fourth, be confident and think independently. Often, personal charm comes from confidence. As designers, we feel proud and honored. Yes! You can, establish your own confidence, be a confident and independent-thinking designer! As long as you respect yourself enough, you will earn others' respect! Changchun web design updates, please follow our website.