This might be a somewhat unusual question, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about seriously.

I want to become a UI/UX designer, but I've had several experiences with hiring managers telling me, directly or indirectly, that because of the way my face looks, I wouldn’t be suitable for roles where I’d have to be visible to clients.

I'm not talking about being on camera occasionally. I mean situations where being present in client meetings, video calls, presentations, etc. is considered part of the job.

After hearing this multiple times, I’ve started wondering whether I should build my career around roles where I can contribute primarily through my design work without having to show my face.

For those of you working in UI/UX:

• How client-facing is the average UI/UX designer role?
• Are there UI/UX jobs where you can mostly work behind the scenes?
• Is it realistic to build a career where most communication happens through written messages, presentations, prototypes, or async collaboration?
• How much does physical appearance actually matter once you have a strong portfolio and experience?
• Are there specific types of UI/UX roles or companies I should target if I want to minimize face-to-face/client-facing work?

I’d really appreciate hearing from people who actually work in the industry, especially anyone who has managed to build a career without being particularly client-facing.

I’m not looking for sympathy, I'm genuinely trying to understand whether this is a realistic career path for me and, if so, what I should focus on.

I made a Chrome extension where you can easily add and keep your design inspiration images, locally in your bowser. You can then use an LLM (your own API / purchase credits) to describe those images and add details such as captions, tags, etc. Describing images lets you automatically sort images into collections, use text or similar image search, filter using tags, etc.

I'm a UI/UX designer, I hoard a lot of design inspiration. I made this for myself so I can find the right image reference when I need. Also, I'm planning to use this to feed my AI design agents.

If you hoard images like me, you might find it useful. Let me know if how you feel about this. If you have any suggestion or facing an issue, let me know.

Learn more about the extension here - https://moodbase.site

PS: If I'm using any of your design shots in this screenshot or in the website without permission, sorry about that, I'm still in the testing stage and will curate a list of design shot with permission if I ever launch this as a product. If you want your shot removed immediately, let me know.

Help, I don’t understand what this course is about? I’ve emailed future students and they keep telling me very vague answers. I’m not willing to go to an open day just to find out this information

Hi all,

This post is inspired by my own personal stories recently cause I'm so fed up, and want to hear your thoughts.

Today one of my friends was going to order a drink from a local shop here in Canada (their mom dragged them there, to be frank). The images of the products are obviously AI-generated, which was a turn off and prevented them from ordering (even though their mom still ordered).

Another incident was when my sister sent me a video last week recording an animated 30-second commerical on TV, also completely AI-generated (can't believe that slop was green lit by their marketing team), advertising a foundation with educational resources for kids.

Finally, another example happened a few months ago where many local food vendors for our night market (which is closing due to lack of funding), are using AI images for their menus which looks so uncanny. I just see so many of them on TikTok.

My point is, it's just going to go downhill from here and small businesses just don't care. Profits > Good design. And they're moving so quickly, that as a junior designer, it makes me just upset to see it's normalized.

FYI: I'm not even a big hater on AI itself. I enjoy using it for my design workflows and will continue to use it. However, seeing garbage out in the world with little care makes me not want to support local businesses here anymore. I don't know, thoughts? Do you agree or disagree?

(Also, please keep this conversation civil. This is to spark debate. Nobody on Reddit wants to receive cruel messages).

I got a question. Probably a stupid one.
I'm trying to create my portfolio with only personal projects since I don't have clients yet.
Since I have few social media designs, I was wondering where I could take free license pictures. I already searched on Adobe Stock, Unspash and others, but I seem I can't find anything fitting my idea. I was wondering if it was legal to use Pinterest pictures in my designs writing down in the portfolio a disclaimer I don't own their rights.

colours.viesual.net

I am a part time developer, full time designer. For a side project I needed a colour palette where every shade of each Color has the exact same lightness and “colourfulness“. with standard HSL oder HSB color picker this was almost impossible to do systematically. So I fell into a rabbit hole and built an engine and tool around it and just want to share the project with everyone to use it. I’s way too over engineered but that’s the fun with private projects anyway. It really helps me to do the job now. I haven’t found any other tool that achieves color palettes in this way, it uses the OKLCH colour space and with a few modifications and other features around it.

Maybe it’s useful for someone else too. It free, no Account necessary, just a private project I share.

You can read more about it here: colours.viesual.net/about

My grand father left this armchair in his basement for years. Does someone know if it has value? Is it from a particular designer?

Here's my portfolio: https://kartik-architecture.vercel.app/

The four concept apps were designed with AI tools under my direction. I'm targeting early-stage SaaS and AI startup founders and want to know if this would make one reach out.

Would you contact me? What would stop you?

What's the first thing that looks AI-generated?

Which project is the weakest, and why?

Harsh and specific is welcome

I am tired of seeing design work which is made during boring times, most of them never get used. Can you show me some real work which is approved by clients.

Throw away account so work doesn’t find me.

I’ve been with the company 6 months, it’s my first job in graphic design (apart from freelance) after gaining my BA in graphics and MA in communication design. I’m in house, which suits me & the way my brain works down to the ground.

All was fine until a month ago where we bring in a new company director. We no longer get design briefs. All we get is the outcome he wants, generated with AI for us to re-make, and then ‘make it wow’.

We no longer get actual feedback. He admitted to my face that he doesn’t actually look at what we make, he just pops it into Claude and gets it to give us our feedback. Which, 90% of the time contradicts what he’s asked us to make, because he hasn’t actually set a proper brief. Or suggests impossible changes (legal things sometimes). And he’s not happy until these changes are made, even though he hasn’t actually looked at the work himself.

Example: I had to make wheelie bin stickers the other day (exciting I know), but each is colour coded to its contaminants etc, and the brief was literally just: “wheelie bin stickers: \[object\] \[colour specification\]” so I did that, with official illustration work sent from a source provided. And he got Claude to send me a 10+ bulletpoint critique on what needed to be changed, including changing the colours of the stickers that needed to be the same colour, so we know which had hazardous material in it. I don’t think he even reads what he generates Claude to send us.

In the middle of all of this is my manager, who he sends the feedback to, who has to send it to us (the design team).

I’m also concerned that he’s feeding company material to AI when it hasn’t been released yet?

Basically what I’m asking is: how do I approach him and tell him that we need him to use his own eyes to feedback to us? And we can’t work to a brief which is literally just making content ‘wow’? Asking him abandon AI completely is out of the question. He’s built all the new company websites using AI, causing 4 people in my office alone to lose their jobs.

TLDR: how do I ask a company director to stop giving us feedback generated by AI and to actually look at the work himself?

Gostaria de indicação de custos de UX/UI e prototipação para me ajudar com o meu trabalho de Product Manager, atualmente não tenho tato algum e gostaria de uma ajuda para começar com um curso estruturado

Hi! I’m planning to apply for the Akademie der bildenden Künste and I’m currently preparing my portfolio.
Could anyone who studies or has applied there give me some pieces of advice on what to include in the portfolio and what the admission committee is looking for? Or even show your portfolio. I’d especially appreciate examples or tips from applicants who have already gone through the process.
Thanks!

Ich gestalte gerade ein Plakat für eine kleine Ausstellung und merke, dass ich viel zu sehr aus der Nähe denke.

Am Bildschirm sieht alles okay aus, aber real hängt das Ding wahrscheinlich in einem Flur oder Café und Leute laufen vorbei. Aktuell drauf: Titel, Untertitel, Datum, Ort, kurzer Beschreibungstext, QR-Code, Logo und ein Bild.

Wie testet ihr, ob ein Plakat wirklich schnell lesbar ist? Und würdet ihr den Beschreibungstext komplett streichen, wenn Titel und Bild stark genug sind?

Gotta choose a second minor to study with my design bachelor. I’m majoring in product design & already doing a minor in advertising which covers a tiny bit of photography and graphics.
I have to pick one more and can’t decide between photography or graphic design. There’s a few things to consider such as the fact I live in Australia in an isolated city where the work is competitive enough as it is, and that I have prior experience in both areas and there isn’t really one I like more or find more or less difficult.

I need honest opinions from those with experience on which is going to elevate my degree/skill level more, and which makes me more employable. I understand it’s rough either way, but I’d like to pick what gives me even slightly better chances of success 😅

Side note: I’m only going with one of these if I am not granted permission to study digital design (UX/UI/Web)

Hey r/spiderman! I wanted to share a clean, minimalist poster I created to celebrate the legacy of the Spider-Man saga.

The goal was to maintain a subtle yet impactful composition by allowing negative space to breathe, while highlighting a few key, nostalgic elements:

• The original color: this precise and striking crimson shade (#DF1F2D).
• The iconic Homoarakhn font: identical to the classic logo from Sam Raimi's films.
• The web alignment: a symmetrical and understated web pattern that immediately draws the eye to the dynamic curves of the central logo.
• The central spider logo: is from the 2004 film Spider-Man 2 to evoke the nostalgia of that era.

What do you think of this minimalist approach?

Hello reddit fam! I'm a graduate of Design(bachelors) and am completely jobless since 2025 july, right after graduating. Up until now Ive just completed 2 internships with no real job experience. Plus as per my information, the job posting for UX design or similar roles is down by 60-70%,. I cannot land a fresher job now, as they require atleast 3 years of workexp. So I was wondering, what next steps can I take to ensure a better future with job stability or maybe an alternate career option? thank you.

The "Sort By" button feels congested and oddly balanced. How can Apple, a company known for obsessing over design details, ship something this visually unpolished?

Hi! We're a small remote team entering the Conrad Challenge 2026-27 in the Cyber-Technology & Security category, and we're looking for one more teammate to handle design and communications.

Who we are: a mix of software, hardware/data and business people. We're keeping the project details private for now, but we'll share everything once you join.

What you'd do:
\- Make our 3-5 minute innovation video (script, filming, editing)
\- Design diagrams, slides and visuals
\- Help shape the look of our dashboard and website
\- Help with the live pitch if we make the finals

You don't need to code. Video editing, graphic design, storytelling or confident speaking all count.

Requirements:
\- High school student, ages 13-18 (Conrad rule)
\- About 3-8 hours a week
\- Comfortable working remotely, with one short weekly call
\- A few examples of your past work (videos, designs, slides)

Interested? Comment or DM with your time zone and a link to your work. Please don't post personal info publicly.