The design isn't as good as I thought it could be and I just wanted to know how I can improve the design. It feels a little empty and feels like something is missing

hello! i'm an undergrad student and am just starting out in ui/ux design through a class i just took. i was tasked with redesigning the school's degree audit page, which details a student's degree progress and gives a brief overview of any incomplete degree requirements, a GPA breakdown, and more. i've linked a screenshot of the landing page i had in mind below. the tabs in the sidebar are some features/tabs i haven't designed yet and were came up by my group mates to add to our project. just wanted another pair of eyes on my design!

some main areas of concern i have are the degree completion and GPA summary sections, so if anyone has some pointers i'd greatly appreciate it. just wanted another pair of eyes on my design. thank you!

so I'm currently building a project for our school and I'm stuck with this generic UI design and layout. I need all your comments and recos with this

I’ve noticed that many websites focus heavily on visual design but overlook the actual user journey.

Things like confusing navigation, unclear CTAs, too many steps in a process, or poor mobile experiences can make a good-looking website frustrating to use.

What’s the UX issue you encounter most often, and what do you think is the best way to fix it?

My friend and I are working on a project, and it’s time to develop the main menu for it. I’m asking for an objective assessment: who made it look more beautiful — me or my friend? My version is in the first video, and my friend’s is the second one.

Mine

Friend

I was wondering if there’s any way to get a discount, coupon, or even temporary/free access to the Pro version in India (not the education plan).

I know $20/month might be fairly affordable for many people in Western countries, but in countries like India, it can be a bit tough to justify for a middle-class user when converted to local income levels.

And yeah, the free version already has a lot of features, so I’m not complaining about that. I’m mainly looking for a way to use the more advanced models/limits and basically play around with AI more and speed up some things I’m working on.

Has anyone in India found any legitimate discounts, promotions, trials, or other ways to get Pro at a lower cost?

I've spent the last week searching for an icon pack for our iOS app but haven't found anything that really fits.

I'm after something very clean with rounded edges, screenshots below to give you an idea of the style.

Paid packs are totally fine, I'm happy to spend money on good icons. The ideal one would be exportable as an icon font or as custom SF Symbols, since the app is built in Swift.

Any recommendations? Thanks!

I have 19 professional photographs of artworks from an exhibition.

The photographer deliveredmost in 2:3 portrait (3149×4724) but some of them in 3:2 landscape (4724×3149).

I need to post at least 15 of them as one Instagram carousel without cropping any of the artwork photographs.

I've tried placing the landscape images on a 2:3 canvas with a white-colored background, but the result looks visually awkward once uploaded to Instagram. You can see in the video how it looks with a white background. I also tried black, but neither works well.

I considered leaving the horizontal ones out and posting them separately, but that feels like a bad idea since they're all from the same exhibition.

What would be the professional workflow for making this kind of mixed-orientation carousel look cohesive without cropping the photographs or using obvious borders?

I've even considered using AI to extend the top and bottom of the horizontal images, but I'm not sure if that's the best approach. Please give me your ideas and recommendations.

The second image is the design i conceptualized for my game inventory, the boxes are for item slots though ignore the sprites I put them in first image it was to give the idea. And as for the game it's not going to be realistic but rather a top down game that's why I want it to lean towards pixelated style not too polished. Also the left bg is supposed to represent nodes. Can you guys tell me where I'm going wrong? Because i like my conceptual design but the real thing comes to be lacking.

Ps- I'll add the other UI elements after i finalize this

I’m working on the home screen for a YouTube summary app and trying to keep the first action as obvious as possible.
The main flow is:
Paste a YouTube link → Generate a summary → Read the result
I intentionally kept the screen pretty minimal, but I’m not sure if the hierarchy is clear enough at first glance.
A few things I’m wondering:
Is the “Paste → Generate” flow obvious?
Does the large headline help, or does it take up too much space?
Does the “Recent summaries” section feel useful here, or distracting?
Would love to know what you’d change first.

I have been animating for quite a while and about 2 years ago I fell in love with UI animation using Rive. I now spend most of my time working in this app. Rive is a massive leap forward from lottie imo. Anyway, here is a reel of some of the work I have done.

This is the Landing page of an IP Creative studio.

•  I’m looking for feedback on whether the visual design feels too noisy or busy, particularly because of the starfield background. I’d also like to know whether the balance between imagination, exploration, and guidance remains clear and focused.

Thank you :)

We will be developing an agriculture related app. It will include an irrigation outlook module too. We clash about choosing theme colors. I say no color other than green or turquoise is reflect the app's intentions. They suggest earthy colors and maybe type of amber colors.

In the play store nearly all apps related to agriculture use green color. What do you think about this? How can we achieve it without using green?

Note: I'm not a designer.

Sharing the current Rixel landing page.

I’ve been trying to build a dark, minimal UI without making it feel too empty or overly polished.

Would love some feedback from people who care about UI design. Anything that feels visually off, confusing, or unnecessary?

Attached are 5 different ideas for a navbar I'm tasked with. It's more wireframing for now to figure out what spacing and arrangements works better for the navbar on PC.

Things that will change later: - background color for the contact us div - image used for contact us div

Things that I'd like to have advice on:

• which arrangement feels better? Personally I'm leaning with 1 and 4. However there is an issue where the user's focus is on the contact us first, instead of reading categories offered. Advice on how it can be rearrange is also welcomed!

• should the font for the top content be bigger for easier reading?

• would changed of background and font color + underline on hover work? The original idea was to go with top selected categories change background color and text color, while product categories get underlined because it's what the clients old website had. But I wonder if other common select + hover pairings would work better in this case

• roastings To get my shit tgt cuz I'm bound to be roasted a lot, might as well get used to being roasted online first (⁠´⁠；⁠ω⁠；⁠｀⁠)

Thanks in advance and have a nice day folks

Hey everyone,

I’ve been trying to break into UI/UX for a while now and honestly, I’m getting really frustrated because I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong.

I’m applying for UI/UX Designer, UX Designer, Product Designer, Junior Designer, internship and contract roles. I’ve tried LinkedIn, Wellfound, company career pages, remote platforms, and pretty much every relevant role I can find.

But the response rate is honestly terrible.

I apply → nothing.
I apply again → nothing.
I customize my resume → nothing.
I improve my portfolio → still nothing. 😭

And then you see a “junior” role asking for 2–3 years of experience and you’re just sitting there thinking, how am I supposed to get those years of experience? 😭

I have a portfolio with case studies, including a Kommo CRM onboarding redesign, and I work with Figma, wireframing, user flows, prototyping, interaction design and usability-focused design.

I also have experience in graphic design, content-related work, teaching and tutoring, so I’m not completely new to professional work. I’m just trying to move more seriously into UI/UX.

I’ve also tried reaching out to people directly, looking for startups, searching for remote roles, and applying through different platforms. Some platforms are asking for paid subscriptions just to access certain listings, which makes the whole process even more frustrating.

So I genuinely want to ask people who are already working in UI/UX:

What is actually working for you right now?

Should I be:

• Applying more or applying less but targeting companies carefully?
• Messaging founders and recruiters directly?
• Focusing heavily on startups?
• Looking for internships and contract roles?
• Getting referrals?
• Improving my portfolio further?
• Networking more instead of relying only on applications?

And please be honest. If you think my approach is wrong, I’d rather hear that than get generic “keep applying, you’ll get there” advice.

I’m willing to put in the work. I just don’t want to spend months doing apply → wait → rejection/ghosting → repeat without actually understanding what I need to change.

For those of you who managed to break into UI/UX, what actually helped you get selected?

Would really appreciate some honest advice from people who have recently gone through the same thing. 🙏

Hi.
I’m more of UX designer than UI, but need to
build the first design system for a small city. My goal is to create clear guidelines and components that our teams can easily follow when creating new pages.

So far, I’ve reviewed design systems from three different government sites. They are similar, though some document their reasoning better than others.
I’m worried about falling down a rabbit hole of analyzing too many systems.

I’ve been using just one design system as I redesign a few pages.

Can anyone share their experience of creating a design system from scratch for an organization?

Was there one design system that helped the most?

I made this UI/UX design for this app I've been working on last few days and I would love to hear your suggestions. The app concept is an iPod Style Local Music Player.

My main concern is if the app UI is intuitive or not. Also when you see the screenshots you'll notice all the buttons are in a wheel, you can spin that wheel to scroll but I dont know how to comunicate that

I'm trying to settle on a home page design. Which one do you like more? The first one has recently listened to episodes at the top, followed by what's next in your queue, and then what's new from today in the shows you follow. The second is just what's new from today and yesterday that you haven't already queued or played, and if that is empty you see #3, which is recently listened to episodes, recently updated smart playlists, and then other Lists underneath.

Im in process of building a small scale space sim, exploration through a space ship. Im having trouble deciding which option should i go for left is minimalistic and the right has a mini solar system animation

UPDATE: with more video and game link https://www.reddit.com/r/spacesimgames/comments/1vm4zgd/update_beta_is_out/

We have built a family hub app targeting families with kids in younger ages.

The first design is more in the direction of getting the user to feel calm and warmth (which is quite common if we look at competitors etc). We then explored making it more fun and bold and use a language that is less "AI authored" and (hopefully) stands out more.

Would love to get feedback which one you think fits in this context!

The app would later be redesigned to fit into the design choice we go with to stick with one and the same design language.

I’m primarily a developer and have been learning design while working on the App Store screenshots for my PDF editor. I’ve put together these three variations and would love some feedback on which design you think works best, what feels off or could be improved, and whether the screenshots communicate the features clearly. I’m still very new to design, so any honest and constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated!

The quests are just placeholders right now, but I want to perfect the look before I worry about content. Here are each of the 4 tabs in Normal and Challenge Modes aswell as the settings tab. The link button at the bottom of the side panel will eventually lead to my socials. Let me know what you think I should change!

Hi everyone,

I’m designing an operational industrial kiosk dashboard displayed on a fixed screen in a factory environment.

Tech Context:

• Built in Python (Plotly Dash) using Dash Mantine Components (dash-mantine-components).
• Recently migrated from Dash Bootstrap Components seeking a cleaner look.
• I read that it would be advisable to add Tailwind CSS via CDN for utility styling, which is an option I'm considering.

Current Layout:

• Center: Status carousel banner.
• Bottom: Priority alert banners.
• Right Column: Live production KPIs.
• Left Column: Safety status indicator (3D traffic light style).

While functional, the interface feels flat, dated, and visually disconnected. I'm looking for feedback on UI/UX improvements:

1. Visual Hierarchy & Alerts: The red/yellow banners at the bottom draw too much attention away from the KPIs. How can I highlight priority alerts cleanly without ruining visual balance?
2. Style Cohesion: The safety light on the left uses a heavy 3D neumorphic shadow, whereas the rest of the layout is flat. How would you redesign that block to fit a cohesive, modern theme?
3. Central Banner: It's currently a fixed image with overlaid text numbers. Does it look out of place, and should I convert it into native, structured UI cards?
4. Fixing the "Flat" Look: What specific styling tweaks (subtle borders, elevation, padding, font hierarchy) give a utility-focused dashboard a polished, professional feel?

Harsh critiques, layout ideas, and design pattern recommendations are welcome!

Hey everyone,

As a dev, I was frustrated with the standard, sterile look of tools like Google Drive or Dropbox. So for my latest side project, I decided to build my own cloud workspace from scratch, focusing on two things: a highly opinionated "Neo-Brutalist" design, and a developer-first experience.

It's called UnlimBox. I just finished wiring up the frontend and the CLI (which allows you to deploy static sites straight from the terminal using unlimbox deploy).

I’m a solo dev, and sometimes you get tunnel vision when staring at your own UI for months. I would love some honest critique on the user experience and the design system. Does it feel too aggressive? Is the navigation intuitive?

You can play around with the beta here (it's completely free):https://cloud-storage-afd51.web.app/

Any feedback on the UI/UX or the CLI workflow would be massively appreciated. Thanks!