It’s nice to see the mention of Wirify. Seeing a finished website as a wireframe provides a great understanding of an existing site for embarking on design improvements or redesigns.
I was pleased that this article differentiates between information architects and interaction designers, but it unfortunately treats UX designers and graphic designers as the same role. These are two different fields.
A graphic designer ought to be evaluated according to their visual design style and the way they communicate through design, whereas a UX practitioner should be evaluated for how well they solve research and/or design problems. While some graphic designers do cross over into visual design or UX, UX designers can also enter that field from development (as I did), psychology, marketing, and more. There’s a reason why there’s a joke in our field that most of us can’t draw much more than a stick figure.
I was pleased that this article differentiates between information architects and interaction designers, but it unfortunately treats UX designers and graphic designers as the same role. These are two different fields.
A graphic designer ought to be evaluated according to their visual design style and the way they communicate through design, whereas a UX practitioner should be evaluated for how well they solve research and/or design problems. While some graphic designers do cross over into visual design or UX, UX designers can also enter that field from development (as I did), psychology, marketing, and more. There’s a reason why there’s a joke in our field that most of us can’t draw much more than a stick figure.