Sketching

A basic design tool that helps designers create and communicate ideas.

More terms you might want to know

Gamification

The process of adding game-like qualities to an experience like a website or application. To ensure that these activities are engaging enough for the users, it often includes gradual rewards such as levels and badges systems, which can further encourage engagement with the app.

Pictorial Mark

A graphic representation, such as an icon, of a company or brand. Pictorial marks can be used on marketing materials to communicate the intentions and personality of the company. Factors such as colour, placement, and shape are significant in how the general public perceives a pictorial mark.

Masthead

The name, logo, and other identifying information at the top of a newspaper or magazine publication.

Material Design

A design language developed by Google. The goal of Material Design was to create fluid, natural movement for users on any platform they happen to be using.

Margin

The space that an item has around it.

Diary Study

A technique for understanding people’s experience of a product or service. Participants are asked to keep daily records of their experience using the product, and these records are taken into consideration when designing the design.

Lowercase

The designation of a set of character encoding styles for glyphs that are not capital letters.

Tone

The feeling or mood created by a design.

Clickstream

A sequence of user actions on a website. In UX design, it's important to note the order in which users interact with your site so you can redesign it for optimum usability.

User Scenario

An example of a typical user and the actions they take. Typically these are written in the form of a story.

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