Discipline — Interface design
Interface design
Research-led UI and UX design: we observe the task, design the interface, and test it with the people who will use it.
Acceptance: key tasks completed by test participants without assistance; accessibility checked to WCAG 2.2 AA.
Sequence
- ObserveInterviews and task observation with representative users.
- AnalyseTask flows, pain points and a prioritised problem list.
- StructureInformation architecture and wireframes.
- PrototypeInteractive prototypes of the critical paths.
- TestModerated sessions, findings and revisions.
- SpecifyComponents, tokens and states for development.
Calibration
Design decisions with evidence
Every significant design decision is recorded with the reason for it: an observation, a test result, a platform guideline or an accessibility requirement. When someone later asks why a button is where it is, the answer exists.
We also record what we tested and what we did not. A design tested with five participants on a laptop has not been tested on a phone in bright sunlight, and we say so.
Deliverables
- Research
- Plan, notes and a findings summary.
- Flows
- Task flows and information architecture.
- Prototype
- Clickable prototype of the main journeys.
- Visual design
- Screens for core states including errors and empty states.
- System
- Tokens and components with documented states.