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Most people, designers included, don’t know the difference between UX/UI design and product design.

It’s common for UX designers to call themselves product designers thinking (oh yeah I design products!) This happens so often that product designers have turned it into a running joke.

Sadly, this also makes it difficult to know who actual product designers are and who is confused.

To outsiders we all just look like graphic designers 🤦‍♂️

The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

This is so absolutely true, and a lot of visual designers are trying to fake it til they make it as product designers because that’s where the jobs are, and then they are basically trying to take a crash course in how to be a product designer once they’ve convinced someone to hire them.

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HoloKat 2y ago

I think good product designers have a broad background in adjacent fields of marketing, business, psychology, people skills, copywriting to name a few. And of course a strong core design competency. UX designers may not.

The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

Yes, very well said. It’s hard to explain how to become a product designer because you literally need to have all the context of multiple disciplines to describe it. Just knowing the technicals of Figma doesn’t cut it.

HoloKat 2y ago

💯