User Interface Design

I find it weird to put this topic here as its not something which you might be expecting here. No bullshit, its serious business which is my breadwinner. I architect User Interfaces. All professions are great in their own means but UI design has not got its due for all this while.

Whatever be the case, time has come and UI architects are being recognized as a discrete breed of professionals. Sometimes I wonder , rather laugh when people say design/architecture is a creative field.Its about changing the color of a button or making a fundoo interaction. Sometimes its even considered giving cool names to objects present in the UI or making some really catching cool icons.

Probably all these are the final products which come out but the most important part which is always neglected is the analysis and research. I am not sure how many developers need to do a research every time they write a snippet of code for a Name sort or a Date sort , as it will always be the same and will always have the same logic. When its comes to the design of User Interface every application or product is unique. Just one basic understanding , All businesses are different and so are their business processes.These business processes make each shop, company, enterprise or system unique. If they are not unique, they will not have a clientele. In this 21st century, when everything is going to become online and automated the business processes are nothing but the User Interfaces you see.

So the UI design should reflect or map the business and its needs e.g. If a company which sells Old Age gears should have a site which has bold clear letters,should have easily accessible links and the list goes on. Actually, even this level of generic details are sometimes most inaccurate when it comes to the UI design.

Now here is one very interesting view " The two design theories User Centered and Business Centered are a contarst to each other." I wonder how are they different. If you make a design for the user i.e. customesrs of the business you make the design for business and if you make a design for business which is not User ( customer friendly) how can it be business friendly.
The way I feel it, what ever design we make, Business and Users are just the faces fo the same coin.

I can explain the steps fo UI design but it will make my post another juch of UI design theory. So by now if are able to understand that architecting UI is not just " all i told in beginning" google it. Trust me you will get a lot of insight to it. You will find a lots of things which seem so obvious to you take such huge abount of research. Just a teaser " OK should come first or Cancel" mull over it and when done google it.