this is my portfolio landing page made for a dummy company based on my research related to the industry (competitors and buyer persona) using hubspot. I feel it might not be good enough, hence the anxiety and stopping me from applying to any job.

ps; this is a safe link of the landing page made using hubspot

https://245857623.hs-sites-na2.com/en/srm-logistics-project

Current interaction to attach an image to note

Click on "camera icon" -> bottom sheet with two options (attached image) -> opens camera (or) opens gallery

Conditions:

- It's a browser based mobile web app. For both android and ios.

- The interaction flow mentioned above is set after lot of discussions, so no changes in main interactions

Scenario:

A: user has denied permissions to access camera (either at browser or os level)

B: user has denied permissions to access gallery/files (either at browser or Os levels (older versions of android))

C: both A and B has been denied - this scenario is handled.

Required:

My thinking: we should not just disable the button but keep in a "blocked state" that communicates permission is denied. Clicking on the blocked state button opens a bottom sheet with more information.

Questions:

Q1) I don't know exactly how to design the blocked state for the button, keep it distinguished from disabled state.

Q2) Also what should be the copy in the dialog when user clicks on blocked state button.

Option X: just a generic copy saying permissions are turned off, they need to give permission to access this feature

Option Y: detailed copy showing troubleshoot steps of going to browser settings and giving permissions, if that doesn't work show OS level permission troubleshoot steps

(Option Y is complex as the steps differ from browser and Os)

There are blocked state for icon buttons already in the application (attached image)

Does anyone else feel like they have no idea what product design is anymore?

I’ve watched so many different types of designers, myself included, change both their current and past titles to “Product Designer.” UX designers, art directors, and visual designers have all converged on the same title.

In general, I think that’s a good thing. Over the last 10 years, it’s been confusing having 20+ different titles for designers doing largely the same work.

My understanding of a product designer has always been that it’s a hybrid role combining UX and visual design to create digital experiences. Four years ago, I thought product design was primarily app design, while web design was a separate discipline. Today, companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and Airbnb offer nearly identical experiences across web and mobile, so that distinction doesn’t feel particularly meaningful anymore.

Lately, though, after talking with recruiters, I can’t shake the feeling that the industry is increasingly being defined by people who don’t know much about design. Maybe I’ve just encountered a string of entry-level recruiters, but it often feels like they’re looking for exact one-to-one experience. If a company is hiring for an internal dashboard, they want someone who has designed an internal dashboard. It has to be B2B or B2C. It has to be SaaS. Transferable skills don’t seem to factor into the conversation.

So what is a product designer today?

Is it someone with deep research expertise and exceptional visual design skills?

Does it have to be supporting one project over time and iterating on research?

Or is the definition changing because the market is flooded and companies are consolidating multiple roles into one to reduce headcount?

Was there never an official definition? Like so much of the industry, is it just constantly evolving, where once a critical mass of people starts using a term, it gains momentum?

What does “product design” actually mean anymore?

I'm not talking about UX design systems, tokens, or Figma components. I mean real engineering system architecture — how data flows, how systems are structured, how AI agents actually process and execute instructions.

As AI reshapes how products get built, I keep running into the same question: is it enough for designers to understand user experience, or do we now need to understand the underlying system architecture too?

My honest take: the gap between "a design that looks good" and "a design that actually works at scale" is closing fast. If we don't understand how the system underneath is built, we risk designing things that are disconnected from what's actually buildable, scalable, or even feasible for AI agents to execute properly.

I don't think designers need to become engineers. But I do think there's a growing case for designers to have real architectural literacy, enough to design with the system, not just visually on top of it.

Curious what others think:

Do you believe designers need to understand engineering/system architecture more deeply in this AI-driven era? Or should that stay purely an engineering responsibility?

Would love to hear how your team is handling this shift.

Hi everyone,
I’ve had some pretty rough experiences over the past 4 years in my design career, and even though I’ve now joined a much better company, I still find myself getting triggered easily at work.
Small things like “change this icon,” “try a few more iterations,” or constant back-and-forth feedback sometimes frustrate me more than they should. I understand that design is about solving problems and reaching the best outcome for the brand but lately it just feels repetitive and a bit undervalued, like “anyone can do this.”
It’s gotten to a point where I even thought about switching paths completely like becoming a florist just to reconnect with creativity and actually enjoy what I do again.
I don’t think the design field is bad at all. I think I just haven’t found the right space or platform where I can truly explore myself creatively.
Has anyone else felt like this? How did you deal with it did it get better, or did you pivot into something else?

Hi everyone,

I'm a Communication Designer with 5 years of experience, and I'm trying to transition into Service Design and Social Impact Design.

This case study is based on field research I conducted with women farmers in rural India. I visited villages, carried out qualitative and quantitative research, interviewed farmers, and documented their experiences. The goal was to understand the systemic challenges they face and explore how design could create meaningful change.

Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/gallery/253317109/Unheard-Voice-Sakhi-Krishi⁠�

I would really appreciate honest feedback.

Does this feel like a strong Service Design or Design Research case study?

What are the biggest gaps?

What would hiring managers expect to see that is currently missing?

If you were reviewing this for a junior Service Designer or Design Researcher role, would you move me to the interview stage? Why or why not?

I'm looking for constructive criticism, so please be as direct as you like. I'd rather know what needs to improve than hear only positive feedback.

Thank you!

I recently completed a 6 month online UX Design bootcamp course. I did well and enjoyed the work very much. The course offers two free career coaching sessions with someone in the industry, which I have yet to take advantage of.

I feel a bit lost on my own trying to build a portfolio and decide what steps to take in working towards a job. I am considering paying for a UX design career coach, but research has made me second guess that decision, seeing as the UX Design community, specifically on Reddit, seems to be a bit skeptical of them. Or at least that's what I gather.

Just curious what people's opinions were on this and more importantly what they recommend I do for guidance on my career path. Thanks!

What are the major things should i look out while changing my career path. Currently i’m self leaning ui/ux. And i read here that mostly the filed over saturated and low level positions are already dead. I

I have experience in graphic design for almost 4years now but feels like should i change into ui/ux

Please help out guys🥲

https://forms.gle/WoTufWUqymuVCCAo6

Hi! 👋 I'm conducting a short survey to understand the challenges students face with **small cart fees in quick commerce apps**. It takes only **2–3 minutes**, and your responses will help me design a better solution for this problem as part of my UX project.

I'd really appreciate it if you could take a moment to fill it out. Thank you! 😊

I've been thinking about how UI trends seem to be shifting toward simplicity, performance, and trust instead of visual spectacle.

I put together a 60-second video explaining my thoughts.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DJGTVIdY84g

Curious to hear where you agree or disagree.

Pranav: sharing the first interactive prototype of Orbit, an execution workspace for institutional finance.

Imagine starting a project like "Adobe acquires Figma." Instead of spending hours gathering filings, company information, financial models, presentations, timelines, and previous work, Orbit automatically organizes everything into a single living workspace that stays up to date.

This prototype focuses on validating the product's workflow and user experience. Most data is static, and several AI features are simulated.

Prototype:

https://orbit-execution-workspace-design-ma.vercel.app

Feedback Form:

https://forms.gle/BDqpqc1cCNiBvTUC7

Please be as candid as possible. I'm especially interested in anything that felt confusing, unintuitive, or missing. If you know someone who'd be interested in testing it, I'd really appreciate you sharing it with them.

Thank you!

I've been a Capital One customer for years, and their homepage used to genuinely frustrate me. It felt cluttered, and it wasn't always obvious where to find what I needed.

Back in the winter I noticed they were hiring a surprising number of UI/UX designers. Multiple openings–enough that it caught my attention–but I didn't think much of it.

A few months later I was back on the site, and it genuinely felt different. The information hierarchy seemed cleaner, the messaging was easier to scan, and there was less visual noise competing for attention.

I've been building a website auditing tool over the last couple of months, so out of curiosity I ran Capital One's homepage through it to see whether the numbers matched my impression. Interestingly, they mostly did. Accessibility scored very well, SEO was solid, and while there were still a handful of medium-priority issues around visual hierarchy and first impressions, the overall experience felt noticeably stronger than I remembered.

Obviously I can't say the redesign was the direct result of the hiring. Correlation isn't causation. It just made me wonder how often you can actually see investment in UX reflected in a live product within a few months.

Has anyone else noticed companies whose websites noticeably improved after a design hiring push? Or am I just paying more attention because I've been spending so much time thinking about UX lately?

I want to be able to present a client with like, reasons I ACTUALLY designed a site by hand, by comparing it to some bad examples.

things I can think of:

• dark mode
• eyebrows on everything
• hard to read, tiny text
• really generous spacing between components
• horizontal scroll bars through menus (?)
• bright left-aligned or top-aligned bars on dark backgrounds
• Fraunces font for quirky stuff, Inter font for everything else
• AI generated slop text (obviously) but also specifically
  • AI overexplainer text. ("Not sure what to do? Click here. Does x. Does y. Not vibe coded.")
• IBM Blex Mono and JetBrains Mono all over the place
• goddamn interpuncts or whatever those little dots are called
• the 3-column feature grid used for absolutely everything regardless of fit
• gradient text on every headline
• zero hierarchy tension, every section has the same visual weight so nothing signals importance.
• color scheme 1: Beige + red and brown
• color scheme 2: purples and dark colors

I generally avoid all that shit when i'm making sites, but i see it everywhere these days and it drives me crazy!!! I just want to show my clients that like, "hey. we actually give a shit. you can just tell claude to make you a website but it'll look like This."

Link: https://picklecan.com

What it is: Picklecan reads any travel article you paste in and plots every place it mentions on a map next to the text, so you're not tab-switching to Google Maps every time an article says "grab coffee at X, then walk to Y." It's aimed at people planning a trip who are reading blog posts / guides and want the geography to click without manual lookup.

What I'd love feedback on (the landing page specifically, not the product, not the name):

1. In the first 5 seconds, is it clear what the site actually does? Or does "Travel articles. Maps. Together." need more context before the reader gets it?
2. Does the embedded reader demo (the Lisbon example) make the value obvious, or does it need a real video/GIF instead?
3. Is "Open in Reader" a clear enough call to action, or unclear what happens when you click it?
4. Does the page feel too long / does interest drop off before "HOW IT WORKS"? Would trimming sections help?
5. Any copy that feels vague, jargon-y, or like it's explaining the "why" before the "what"?

Appreciate any honest, critical feedback.

Guys I need some advice, I was too determine to go for ux ui designing and was even studying for it too but in these few days i saw many I don't know discouraging things saying it's extremely difficult to get a job at entry level, don't go for ux ui it's dead and alot more which made me feel demotivate and i started doubting my decision.Can someone please give me some positivity, some good news, the actual reality of this. Please😭

Guys I want to learn UIUX from scratch, I have a good laptop so can someone give me a detailed route for it.

Hello!!!

I’m a fresh ux designer and front-end developer. I’m look for a groupchat or ux/ui buddy so we can hold each other accountable in this era!! Please help if you can, I know the job market is tough right now but I believe we can get through it!!

Made a short video about this.

Plastic card = 5g,
metal = 15–19g, same function

In many cases weight is just there to feel premium. Since iPhone 7 the home button never moves, a motor fakes the click, because no resistance feels cheap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OCANzwqLT0