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Designlab | Unit 4 | 3 Ways to Help You Develop an Eye for Design

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Learning to develop an eye for design can be difficult for many of us, especially if you come from an academic background. For example, I’ve got degrees in Psychology and Japanese, as well as a minor in Education, and visual design always used to intimidate me. (Shoutout to folks transitioning to design from the land of endless formal essay-writing and expensive degrees!) Despite the difficulty, however, some people still feel compelled to take a risk and learn the technical and creative process that is UI/UX design. I am one of those people, and I want to share how I developed an eye for design and the lessons I learned along the way. Many years ago, I got into education technology (edtech) as a support associate. I’d never even heard about UX design at that point. One day, I had the opportunity to sit down with the design team to learn what their day-to-day work looked like. Specifically, I wanted to understand how individual team members developed an eye for design. I was curious: D

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