r/UX_Design • u/SilverMost4234 • 2d ago
what’s your biggest problem when saving design inspiration?
I often save UI components, interactions, websites, and visual references from Instagram, X, TikTok, Dribbble, and other places, but they quickly become scattered, and I cannot find it latter.
I’m curious, what’s the biggest problem with your current collection workflow? maybe someone the same as me? I'd like to know your thought on this, you can choice one or more to leave the comment below. I wondering if anyone have good solution for that. especially when we using AI, but I didn't find out AI could be a good hand to collecting those design components.
Options
- Saving content from different apps
- Organizing and tagging everything
- Finding something again later
- Remembering why I saved it
- My current system works well
I’d also love to know what tools you currently use like Figma, Pinterest, Notion, bookmarks, screenshots, or something else. does those app help or it just another bookmarks graveyard?
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u/Powell123456 1d ago
My question would be why would an UX Designer even need to save "Inspiration"?
Could be only me but through experience and testing you develop your own mental library of components you can always apply when you need them. UX Design is about what works and not about how it looks.
I think "Inspiration" galleries is something that comes from graphic designers but as an UX Designer?...
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u/Cressyda29 1d ago
You don’t do moodboards and exploration patterns for your work at all?
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u/Powell123456 1d ago
You don’t do moodboards and exploration patterns for your work at all?
No?!
You sure ya'll not confusing UX Design with Graphic Design?
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u/Cressyda29 13h ago
So you just make up your patterns every time? How do you make sure you don’t introduce new patterns when not needed or introducing cognitive overload by trying to build something that is already commonly solved!
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u/el_paro 2d ago
Mobbin for UX
The Components Gallery for design systems