2nd Week of Ironhack’s UX/UI Design Bootcamp
Hello readers...
So I made it through my second week of Bootcamp, and to be honest it’s been a trip!
This week we dove into Figma’s components and variants... and trust me, when I say these features increase productivity and save time, it’s an understatement.
We learned a lot about ethnographic research and the importance of it in order to validate quantitative data from previous user research, and to ensure a proper navigation flow in the prototype’s design.
This week we were tasked with our first solo projects, and the theme was related to habits tracking applications. I’m pretty happy with the concept I came up with, and even though my prototype wasn’t as visually pleasing as some of my peers’... my approach was definitely different and it came through.
Among my learnings of the week... I must say I have some serious time management issues and I also need to dive deeper into Figma. I like working alone as well as in a team, my decision making was definitely quicker in regards to user research and managing the information, yet the design related choices were a little more difficult to make, taking into account that there’s nothing about design in my academic background.
For this project, design related work took away most of my sleep to the point I almost passed out during class... and even though tired and a little worried about Figma, I can’t wait for the 3rd week to start and tell you all about it, let’s hope I’ll be wiser and more pro active towards my time management.