How parenting made me a better designer
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Artwork made on Canva. Article by Phyu Mon Theint. UX Collective – August 30, 2021.
If your kid announced to you one day that she wants to “only eat lollipops from morning to night” (true story, by the way), do you allow it to happen? Didn’t think so. The same goes for designing products. In saying so, I don’t want you to assume that we should adopt a mindset of product designers assuming we know better than customers, which is a different set of problems on its own. But parenting teaches you to focus on the long road ahead while celebrating little wins. […]