The Art and Science of UX Design: A step-by-step guide to designing amazing user experiences

by: Anthony Conta (Author)

Publisher: New Riders

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2023/8/27

Language: English

Print Length: 464 pages

ISBN-10: 0138060266

ISBN-13: 9780138060268

Book Description

Today, every product or service needs to delight its users and that means delivering an outstanding user experience (UX). In this full-color guide, leading user experience designer Anthony Conta guides you step by step through crafting these exceptional user experiences. The Art and Science of UX Design introduces a complete human-centered design framework for success, using practical examples based on his pioneering experience in the field.Lea to apply design thinking to understand your users’ wants, needs, goals, and frustrations as you transform empathy into one of your most powerful design tools. Once you’ve defined the right problems, you’ll master proven ideation techniques to quickly create promising solutions. You’ll walk through prototyping preliminary designs, testing and refining them based on users’ actual reactions, and clearly communicating all you’ve leaed so colleagues can build what you’ve envisioned. Finally, you’ll lea practical ways to continually iterate and improve your offerings so they stay competitive (and delightful) far into the future.Go in depth on how to do UX design by walking step by step through the design thinking processSee how theories and best practices apply to real-world examples of projects and designsComplete exercises that take you through an entire UX design project, end to endLea research techniques for how to solve a problem such as conducting surveys, user interviews, and affinity mappingPractice top ideation techniques like brainstorming, sketching, and mind mappingSee how you can bring your design ideas to life and test them with usersDiscover strategies for creating your own portfolio using the exercises you complete with this book“With his deep design expertise and an unwavering commitment to teaching, Anthony can bridge the worlds of UX design and education in ways few people can. I’m confident this book will prove to be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in leaing both the craft and the process of UX design.”― Professor Craig MacDonald, Pratt Institute“Anthony is exceptionally skilled at dissecting complex problems and translating them into delightful, intuitive design solutions. He brings that same thoughtful approach to demystifying UX Design and helping others understand the core fundamentals in an approachable and engaging way.”― Mark Sherrill, VP of Product Design

About the Author

Today, every product or service needs to delight its users and that means delivering an outstanding user experience (UX). In this full-color guide, leading user experience designer Anthony Conta guides you step by step through crafting these exceptional user experiences. The Art and Science of UX Design introduces a complete human-centered design framework for success, using practical examples based on his pioneering experience in the field.Lea to apply design thinking to understand your users’ wants, needs, goals, and frustrations as you transform empathy into one of your most powerful design tools. Once you’ve defined the right problems, you’ll master proven ideation techniques to quickly create promising solutions. You’ll walk through prototyping preliminary designs, testing and refining them based on users’ actual reactions, and clearly communicating all you’ve leaed so colleagues can build what you’ve envisioned. Finally, you’ll lea practical ways to continually iterate and improve your offerings so they stay competitive (and delightful) far into the future.Go in depth on how to do UX design by walking step by step through the design thinking processSee how theories and best practices apply to real-world examples of projects and designsComplete exercises that take you through an entire UX design project, end to endLea research techniques for how to solve a problem such as conducting surveys, user interviews, and affinity mappingPractice top ideation techniques like brainstorming, sketching, and mind mappingSee how you can bring your design ideas to life and test them with usersDiscover strategies for creating your own portfolio using the exercises you complete with this book“With his deep design expertise and an unwavering commitment to teaching, Anthony can bridge the worlds of UX design and education in ways few people can. I’m confident this book will prove to be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in leaing both the craft and the process of UX design.”― Professor Craig MacDonald, Pratt Institute“Anthony is exceptionally skilled at dissecting complex problems and translating them into delightful, intuitive design solutions. He brings that same thoughtful approach to demystifying UX Design and helping others understand the core fundamentals in an approachable and engaging way.”― Mark Sherrill, VP of Product Design