77 words UX/UI designers use

by Johnyvino

Before we begin, I’d like to say that just using buzz word will never make you look intelligent. So why write this post?🤔

Because Learning these words will help you communicate better with a design team.

When I work in a design team, for instance, I like to talk about Aesthetics, you may care about Efficiency. Find the term that represents who you are and what you care about in design.

Each design stage uses distinct words,

RESEARCH

Behavior
Embrace
Empathy
Failure
Jargon
Problems
Transparency
Useful
Value

COLLABORATION

Agile
Assumptions
Bias
Collaborative
Feedback
Intentional
Iterate
Lean

UX

Accessibility
Adaptive
Affordance
Approachable
Architecture
Cohesive
Distractions
Diversity
Effortless
Flexible
Inclusive
Information
Intuitive
Overwhelm
Perceptible
Personality
Simplicity

COPYWRITING

Concise
Conversational
Humanizing
Personal

UI

Aesthetic
Balance
Blindness
Clarity
Clean/minimalistic
Color
Consistency
Contrast
Discoverable
Distinctive
Hierarchy
Patterns
Proximity
Typography
Visibility

MOTION

Delightful
Emotion
Engaging
Experience
Harmony
Seamless
Timely

DEVELOPMENT

Efficiency
Expectations
Guidelines
Holistic
Latency
Leverage
Patterns
Performance
Personalization
Platform
Responsive
Sustainable

LAUNCH

Disruptive
Ethics
Unique
Universal

I’m sure there’ll be 100 other words, that’s all the words I’ve got in my head right now. Although these words look really simple, in our design industry, we’re literally using these many phrases.

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