5 Ways For A UI Designer To Come Up With Ideas
As a UI Designer, you are essentially paid for your ideas. They are your greatest source of value.
Because of this, your job is dependent on always creating more value. This type of tension can result in burnout if you don’t acknowledge that your creativity comes in waves.
It’s not always possible to come up with amazing ideas on the spot. But, if you realize this, you can leverage your creative moments of brilliance and store great ideas for when you need them.
To do this, let’s look at 5 ways you as a UI Designer can generate great ideas.
#1 Create An Inspiration Resource
Let’s start simple.
Create a repository for all your sources of inspiration.
A place where you can store examples of great navigation, a cool pop-up transition, an appealing color palette.
This could take any form but here are some examples:
- A folder on your computer
- A Figma file
- A Pinterest board
- A Notion database
By building a resource of inspiration, you have a go-to place when you feel like you have no ideas.
