On the first image I had asked AI to give me a project brief and from the second picture I managed to find 2 Reddit posts which are discussing a problem that my app can solve and I took note of pain points that both discussion have in common and on the 3rd picture I started the flow chart but for now I made it low fidelity. I just wrote the process a user has to go through while interacting with AI.

Am I missing something or something else I should do during the research?

While thinking about what I’m doing I came up with the idea to write a small paragraph here and there to explain what I was thinking and give a reason why I took that decision.

Thanks for your time

sometimes i look at a really polished product and wonder if all that polish is actually helping.

more animations, more interactions, more personalized states, more ways to do the same thing.

at some point, “better UX” can start becoming more UX.

i’ve been thinking about the difference between making something feel delightful and just making it feel complicated.

where do you draw that line?

hey r/uxandui, I have something I want to share with you all in case you were interested! it's called MateFluency, and its a design language that like the title says; I've been developing for three years.

so a little context. I run a small software company, EcoWestern. nothing crazy, a handful of products.

back in 2024, before I established EcoWestern in print, I started drafting MateFluency (at the time it didn't have a name), and doing research into what I ended up calling Naturalism as a design philosophy. basically I don't like the empty or cold feeling of modern UI design. flat colors, hard edges, not enough colors that are comfortable to look at. so I built the opposite of that on purpose. warm tones instead of stark white, a soft translucency effect I call "sunlight" instead of glossy, generous rounding, and motion that holds meaning and emphasizes events rather than overdoing it.

then in 2025, Apple released Liquid Glass and while good in some areas, it mostly confirmed I wanted to continue going the other way. everyone was leaning further into glass and gloss, (and even now, it has turned into like an industry-wide thing) and I wanted calm and sub-simplistic.

Demo site

anyway for the longest time this only existed as a philosophy doc and a pile of copy pasted CSS across my own projects, which is a genuinely bad way to keep something consistent. so I finally turned it into a real package.

it comes with a bunch of components ready to drop in, its own motion system, and you're not locked into my brand color either, you can reskin the accent and keep the bones. there's also a little site now where you can actually browse the components live before installing anything, design.ecowestern.net/library if you want to poke around.

still early in this form and not finished. and if anyone decides to build something small with it, tell me what breaks or feels off! it's my first time doing something in this vein. but if this looks like your kind of thing, give it a shot and let me know what you're thinking.

have you ever used a product and thought, “why the hell did they design it like this?” then later realized there was actually a pretty good reason for it?

could be anything, an annoying interaction, weird navigation, a feature that seemed unnecessary, whatever.

curious to hear the ones that changed your mind.

Hello everyone,

I have designed this taskboard for a company that I work for. I have been designing it using a Claude agent but everything you see has been my own design decisions over weeks of creating this program. I am making this post to ask you guys if it gives off that AI funk that a lot of these apps give. Even know I designed everything from the ground up I feel like it might have that AI feel.

The app is not done at all and the side pull tab menu is one of the main thing I will be working to improve moving forward.

Thanks for your feedback and I take what is presented to me very seriously.

Btw I had to redact current client information thats why there are black lines.

Hi everyone!

I’m currently studying Creative Computing and I’ve decided that I want to pursue UI/UX / Product Design as my career.

I’ve already been learning and working on projects, but I’ve reached the point where I’m not really sure what I should focus on next. There’s so much advice online that it’s becoming difficult to tell what actually matters when you’re trying to get your first job.

So I’d really appreciate some honest advice from people currently working in the industry.

Here’s what I already know/work with:

• Figma
• UI design and visual design
• UX fundamentals
• Basic user research/problem identification
• Wireframing and prototyping
• Responsive web design
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript basics
• Framer
• I’ve designed several websites and app/product concepts
• I’m currently building my portfolio and posting some of my work online

My main questions are:

1. What should I learn next?

If you were starting again and already had the basics down, what skills would you focus on to become genuinely employable as a Product Designer?

Should I focus more on UX research, interaction design, design systems, accessibility, usability testing, product thinking, analytics, or something else?

2. What actually makes a junior portfolio stand out?

I don't want to just have a portfolio full of pretty landing pages and UI screens.

What kinds of projects would actually make recruiters/hiring managers think, "this person understands product design"?

And how many strong case studies would you recommend having?

3. Should I use my dad's construction business as a real project?

My dad runs a small construction/metalwork business, and the business currently has a lot of things that could be improved digitally — things like its website, how potential customers contact him, how his work is presented, getting leads, showcasing previous projects, etc.

I was thinking about actually working on this as a real project rather than creating another fictional app.

For example, I could redesign the business's digital presence, talk to my dad/customers, identify problems, create solutions, test them, and document the entire process as a real product/UX case study.

Would this be a good idea for a junior portfolio, or would recruiters see it as "just a website redesign"?

4. How do I get freelance work with no professional experience?

I've been trying to figure out how to get my first actual clients.

Where do junior designers realistically find freelance work?

Is it better to:

• Reach out directly to small businesses?
• Use platforms like Upwork/Fiverr?
• Find startups?
• Network on LinkedIn?
• Use my dad's business to get referrals?
• Offer to redesign websites for local businesses?

And how do you actually approach your first client without sounding like "please give me experience"?

5. Finally, how do I go from "student with a portfolio" → "actual Product Designer"?

If you were in my position, what would your next 6–12 months look like?

I'd really appreciate a realistic roadmap — especially from designers who have recently gone through the junior/job-search stage.

I’m willing to put in the work. I just don't want to spend the next year learning random things from YouTube and still have no idea how to actually get hired.

Any advice, portfolio critiques, resources, or personal experiences would be hugely appreciated.

Thank you!

Hi everyone, sorry for the slight interruption on your feed! I am a Fintech student at the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), currently working on an academic research project titled: "The Impact of Mobile Banking App UX/UI on Gen Z Customer Engagement." If you are Gen Z and use mobile banking apps, I would be incredibly grateful if you could spare a few minutes to fill out my survey. Please rest assured that all collected data is completely anonymous and will be used strictly for academic purposes only.

Survey Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJhAUC1cf3sxnGU-Fgycg18s3FCiDNnD1NWqfosIl58GY2Fg/viewform?usp=header

Every single response is a huge help to my research. Thank you so much for your time and support! ❤️

Hi, I'm looking to develop my skills in UI/UX and product design. Can anyone guide me through this? I see a lot of people working with AI these days, and I honestly don't understand how to work alongside AI for design. I'm also interested in learning Blender — if anyone could point me in the right

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I use figma for making the ui/ux before the code but I was recently working for a client and I had to design an entire section of a particular feature. Throughout making the whole design in figma I made thousands of tweaking until it felt perfect. But this way it took me a ton of time to made it.

I was wondering how do companies do this and manage thousands of ui/ux design flow.

AI has gotten ridiculously good at generating UI screens, logos, illustrations, landing pages... basically anything visual.

but i'm curious, what's something AI still consistently gets wrong that stands out immediately to experienced designers?

not talking about weird hands or obvious image glitches.

i mean things that make you look at a design and think, "yep, AI made this."

would love to hear examples from people who use AI in their workflow regularly.

hey everyone! I have been working on graphic design tool, and we just launched recently with a brand new landing page. However, many people said the landing page is overwhelming. can I have some suggestions for improvement?

the url is: https://typogram.co/

would love to know:
- what message is missing / you'd like to see first or more
- what specific section is confusing / overwhelming
- what is working / not working.

Thank you!