After Reading the 3 Big Differences Between UX And UI Design

Before reading this article, my assumption was that UX was an umbrella term for things like environmental design, device integration, and haptic feedback; anything that had to do with how users experienced the product or service was a part of UX design. In an artistic sense, I imagined that UX design was much like the stage productions that enhance the viewing of a work of art/design, but this is actually UI design (and possibly an overlap of the two terms).

I hadn’t considered the steps involved with product design to be a part of UX; that UX design even covers things such as how something is packaged — the consideration of whether to make a strict foam encasing or just inflated bags of air, or even flaps like the resealable packaging of a box of Oreos. There’s also a UI design in the oreo example that I hadn’t even considered until reading the article, which is that users have to look (even just a glance) at the Oreo logo every time they want to open that container, which expands the consumer’s viewing and recollection of the company’s brand.

Also, something I didn’t consider is how absolutely confusing these two terms must be for those who don’t even remotely understand what we as designers do.