Product design & UX & UI design.
A symphony from start to finish.
You might have heard this at some point, but websites are very similar to common city buildings. Both Product Design and UX/UI Design go through careful processes such as laying out the floor plan, fabricating the foundation, all the way to making sure the screws are tight in place. Miss a step, and everything will all come crashing down. It’s what makes engineers so important in this field. We’re essentially design engineers, too; this journey of product design and UX/UI design, from the ideation stage to launch day, is rarely effectively done by a one-man team. And here at Make it Max, we take these processes very seriously.
Now you may ask us: how so, Make it Max? Well, mind your steps—we’re taking you on a tropical cruise.
Is Product Design different from UX/UI Design?
There are some differences, but they’re not far off. Product Design is as essential to a user’s viewing experience as it is in our day-to-day routines. Your favorite badass movie went through lots of iterations of concepts. Your favorite toy from when you were a kid? Also an outcome of tons of prototypes. Product Design covers all bases of creating to make sure that you and your business’ needs are met and solved from beginning to end, while also considering the user’s habits, behaviors, and preferences that evolve over time. It is the core consideration we include in our Product Design process.
When we do Product Design, we apply the 5 Stages in Design Thinking: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test:Â
1. Empathize – to research what our users need
2. Define – to identify our users’ main problems
3. Ideate – to come up with design challenges
4. Prototype – to apply these challenges into actionable solutions, and;
5. Test – to try these solutions out
These main stages in Product Design are crucial in making sure we leave no stone unturned, way before we consider the next step, which is UX/UI Design.
Both UX and UI Design are made up of a series of experiences that make a product, taking into account the branding, design, usability, as well as function of the website or app. It’s the battle between critical thinking and design execution. We’ve gone through this battle a lot, so call us your experts in prototyping with pens, papers, and sticky notes—that’s if we don’t make them into paper shurikens first.Â
Product Design expands the scope of UX/UI Design even further, properly making useful information and a set of tasks at the ready for your users. It’s very important for us to optimize all the needed details your users will need within a set of completed tasks (also known as information architecture).
‘But why will I need all of that?’
Think of us as your pediatricians for your child (which is, er, your website, in this case): we identify the symptoms, diagnose properly, and work our magic to help your website look and feel better. How your clients will feel about your website is one of the key steps in making sure that all aspects of the Product Design process work, and one that fits the standards that we’ve set with our UX/UI Design. We take the process beyond just designing the look—we take it further beyond the bounds of what you believe in.Â
As Product Designers, we provide the necessary aftercare your website needs: from updating the products, even after they’ve launched, to making sure that the necessary bugs are taken care of. (But surely, we’re not going to let some pesky bugs take us over!) We’ll work with you and hold your hand on the smaller, nugget-sized changes down the line, too. Consider us your hiking partners in reaching the peak beauty of your brand, through Product Design, UX/UI design and far beyond.
‘But why will I need all of that?’
Think of us as your pediatricians for your child (which is, er, your website, in this case): we identify the symptoms, diagnose properly, and work our magic to help your website look and feel better. How your clients will feel about your website is one of the key steps in making sure that all aspects of the Product Design process work, and one that fits the standards that we’ve set with our UX/UI Design. We take the process beyond just designing the look—we take it further beyond the bounds of what you believe in.Â
As Product Designers, we provide the necessary aftercare your website needs: from updating the products, even after they’ve launched, to making sure that the necessary bugs are taken care of. (But surely, we’re not going to let some pesky bugs take us over!) We’ll work with you and hold your hand on the smaller, nugget-sized changes down the line, too. Consider us your hiking partners in reaching the peak beauty of your brand, through Product Design, UX/UI design and far beyond.
How Make it Max can do both for you
At Make it Max, we take pride in creating a customized system for Product Design and UX/UI Design, each personalized and tailor-fit according to your needs. Want to see how? Send us a friendly message with your contact details so we can get started! We’ll pour you a cocktail while we’re at it.
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