When it comes to digital design, there are a lot of people that will think that they have to take the rule book and throw it out of the window. The truth of the matter is that sometimes you need to take a chance and trust your gut feeling in order to make a wise decision. This approach can also mean taking things back to the bare essentials and thus make your life a lot easier. So in the course of this article we will look at a few ways that you can improve your UX design and not lose what little hair you have left.

Take Time to Focus on the Big Picture

If you have a big idea, then you need to make sure that you focus on that and tune out the rest of the noise that will distract you from getting your idea out to the rest of the world. This can be a make or break concept that if you forget it from the beginning, can lead to you not having nearly as much success in your design. Often times a person will lose perspective and will let other things get in the way of them succeeding.

Research is Not Always Your Friend

While it is important to get an idea of what people are looking for, you need to make sure that you go a little more to the side of not always relying on what it is that the public tells you. Take this as an example; had Henry Ford listened to the public, instead of cars, he would have had faster horses. You can always go back in the end and make any little adjustments that need to be made. It is important that from the beginning you trust your instincts and go with what you think people are looking for in regards to new ideas and not just making something that already exists better.

Keep it Simple Stupid

This sounds like it should be common sense, but a lot of people get too involved with what they are doing and do not keep their eyes focused on the bare essentials. While you may get the UX right from the beginning, you need to really make sure that you don’t get lost in regards to the content. This is again an area that seems to have a lot of people confused on a lot of occasions. Just remember that you need to keep the design simple and not get overwhelmed by the small details.

Look at Your Content from the Beginning

We all know that content is king and as such we need to make sure that we keep that in mind and are thinking about content from the start of our process. If you fail to accomplish this, you will look like you simply shoved something in as a secondary thought. When you do this, you are actually doing more harm than good.

Don’t Let Small Things Get in the Way

Don’t let small detail be what derails your ambitions. We often times let the small potatoes get to be much bigger than they really should be and as a result we tend to really throw our development off. As mentioned earlier in the article, keep yourself focused and not let things distract you.