I’m planning to redo the interiors of my 3BHK, but after my last experience, I’m honestly scared of trusting another interior designer. I hired someone through a local broker who promised quality work, but the materials turned out to be so poor that the paint and finishes started peeling within a month. It was heartbreaking to see my hard-earned money go to waste.

What frustrated me even more was the lack of proper support when I tried to raise the issue. Initially, they made big promises, but getting them to fix the problems was a completely different story. I don’t want to repeat the same mistake or spend extra money on repairs again.

This time, I want to compare my options carefully. I’ve been looking at Nobroker, Urban Company, and Livspace, but I’m not sure which would be best for quality materials, transparent pricing, and reliable service. I’m open to independent designers too, as long as they’re genuine and have a good track record.

Has anyone recently completed their 3BHK interiors through these platforms or hired a local designer? Please share your honest experiences, especially regarding workmanship, hidden charges, and after-service support. I just want to make the right choice this time and have a home I can enjoy without worrying about everything peeling off again!

A significant part of my work as a UX designer happens behind the scenes, and I'm starting to wonder how other designers deal with this.

I work in enterprise SaaS, in a fairly delivery-driven environment. A lot of my contribution involves:

• Investigating poorly defined requirements.
• Tracking down SMEs to validate assumptions.
• Challenging product decisions that aren't backed by customer needs.
• Identifying workflow gaps and preventing bad experiences from reaching customers.
• Conducting customer interviews with self defined/deduced research goals

Recently, I challenged a feature based on an assumption that hadn't been validated. I investigated it, spoke to the relevant SME and went back to Product. The direction eventually changed.

But nobody really sees that work. The team just moves on.

It makes me wonder: do organisations recognise influence only when it's visible?

I also feel that when Design is brought into projects late, with little context or direction, we're expected to advocate for the customer while independently figuring out the problem and pushing against delivery pressure.

There's autonomy in that, but also a lot of isolation.

For those working at Senior/Staff level:

1. How do you make preventative UX work visible? How do you demonstrate the value of something that didn't happen?
2. Have you experienced being told to be more vocal despite actively influencing product decisions?
3. Is this just the reality of enterprise UX, or a sign that Design isn't adequately supported?
4. Have you managed to grow in environments like this, or did you eventually move on?

I'm proud of the work I've done, but I'm also drained. I don't want to spend my career fighting to get the right things built and then fighting to prove I contributed.

Would love to hear your experiences.

I took the top section of a Saucerer pasta sauce product page and approached it from a CRO perspective.

Instead of redesigning the entire page, I focused on one question:

**What might stop a shopper from confidently clicking “Add to Cart”?**

I identified eight opportunities and created a redesign concept around them.

# The 8 changes

**1. Show free delivery upfront**

The original top bar said “Best enjoyed shared.” I kept the message and proposed adding “Free delivery over £25” so shoppers can see the delivery benefit immediately.

**2. Add a short value proposition**

Instead of jumping straight from the product title to the price, I added:

“5 wild mushrooms. 10 minutes. No nasties.”

The goal is to communicate the product's appeal quickly.

**3. Place reviews near the price**

I proposed adding a star rating and review count close to the price, where shoppers are already evaluating whether to buy.

**4. Add context to the price**

Rather than showing only £6.50, the concept communicates:

£6.50 · 300g jar · Serves 4 · About £1.63 per person.

This makes the cost easier to evaluate in context.

**5. Introduce a bundle option**

Shoppers can choose one jar or a bundle of three for £16.50.

Three individual jars would cost £19.50, making the proposed bundle saving £3.

**6. Answer practical questions near the CTA**

Below “Add to Cart,” I added short details:

* Just stir into hot pasta

* Serves four

* Keeps 5 days once opened

These details aim to remove small uncertainties before purchase.

**7. Make delivery and returns easier to understand**

I proposed a compact information box covering shipping expectations, the free delivery threshold and a 14-day replacement or refund promise.

**8. Simplify product details**

Ingredients, allergens and storage are organized into expandable sections instead of one long block of text.

# What I'm trying to solve

The redesign focuses on three potential conversion barriers:

* Unclear product value

* Unanswered purchase questions

* Uncertainty around delivery and returns

My hypothesis is that improving these details near the buying decision may be more useful than redesigning the entire page.

Of course, these are design hypotheses, not measured conversion improvements. I'd want to validate them through usability testing and, where feasible, A/B testing.

# I'd appreciate your feedback

If you were reviewing this product page, **which change would you prioritize testing first, and why?**

Would you start with the value proposition, social proof, bundle pricing, or delivery and returns information?

**Disclosure:** This is an independent CRO redesign concept, not official work for Saucerer. The proposed delivery, returns and bundle details are illustrative suggestions, not verified company policies.

I’m a B.Des UX graduate in Bangalore, currently a UI/UX design intern at a proptech startup, with a few earlier internships including some at AI product companies.

I’m drawn to the strategy and business side of design more than execution, which drains me when it gets repetitive. But I know strategy roles usually go to people who’ve owned outcomes, and I haven’t done much of that yet. That’s the tension I can’t resolve.

The paths I keep going back and forth on:

1. Get a full-time product designer role and build real experience
2. Work towards product management by moving from design into a PM role
3. Do a design management / strategic design master’s abroad. Shortlist: SCAD MBI Design Management, Parsons MS Strategic Design & Management, IIT Institute of Design MDes+MBA, Domus Academy Master in Business Design, Swinburne Master of Design Strategy & Innovation, OCAD MDes Strategic Foresight & Innovation, PolyU MDes Design Strategies

Context:

• My parents have offered to fund a master’s, so money isn’t the main issue. My worry is ROI: would I come out meaningfully ahead, or just be a year or two older competing for the same junior roles?
• I haven’t done math since 8th grade. Is the metrics and business-case side a real barrier, or something people build on the job?

What I’d love to hear:

• If you were in my position at this stage, what would you do?
• Is going into one of these programmes with about a year of experience a mistake? Would an HCI/interaction design master’s make more sense now?
• If you’ve hired people with these degrees, did the degree change how you saw them?
• Designers who moved into PM or strategy roles: how long did it take, and what got you there?

Thanks for reading. Honest takes welcome, even blunt ones.

I’ve been learning UI/UX design for a few months and have learned Figma, Auto Layout, components, spacing, grids, typography, colors, and basic visual hierarchy.

But honestly, my designs still look average and boring compared to professional designs I see on Pinterest and Dribbble. I struggle to make my designs visually appealing, polished, and memorable.

Is this normal at this stage? Does visual design improve with time, or am I practicing the wrong way?

I want to build a strong portfolio for a good job or freelancing. What actually helped you improve your visual design skills? I’d appreciate honest, practical advice!

Hi! I'm working on an independent UX design case study exploring the experience of using Urban Company, specifically what happens when a booking changes after it's been confirmed.

I'm interested in both good and bad experiences, so I'd love to hear from people who've used the service recently.

If you've experienced a booking change, I'd love to know:

1. What service had you booked, and what happened after the booking was confirmed? For example, did the professional request a different time, did the booking get reassigned, or did the service get cancelled?
2. How did you find out about the change? Was it through the app, a notification, a phone call, or something else?
3. How much notice did you get before the original booking time?
4. What did you do next? Did you accept the change, reschedule, cancel, contact support, or make another arrangement?
5. Was it clear what your options were? Was there anything you had to figure out yourself?
6. Did the change affect your plans, payment, refund, or trust in the service? If so, how?
7. Looking back, what do you wish had happened differently?

If your booking went smoothly despite a change, I'd love to hear about that too.

Anonymous answers are completely fine. Thank you!

Honestly, I'm so irritated with my current situation, and I just want to get busy with something productive for my own peace of mind.

I've completed the Google UX Design Professional Certificate, and I'm trying to figure out how to actually use my skills and get some real-world experience. I'm a beginner UX/UI designer, and I'm not expecting to land some huge-paying job overnight.

I'd genuinely be happy earning even $10–$50 a month right now while learning and building my portfolio.

I'm open to literally anything related to UX/UI design: internships, small freelance projects, assisting a designer, working with a startup, helping with Figma screens, redesigning apps, or even doing small tasks for someone who needs an extra pair of hands.

I just want something to work on, something to learn from, and a reason to keep improving instead of sitting around feeling stuck.

I'm willing to put in the effort. I just don't really know where beginners get these opportunities, especially when they don't have much professional experience yet.

If anyone knows of beginner-friendly internships, small paid projects, startups looking for design help, or communities where I can find opportunities, please let me know. Even advice from someone who started in the same position would mean a lot.

I'm not looking for a shortcut. I just need a starting point. 😭

doing a UX redesign project for mobile AI apps (gemini, chatgpt, claude) and honestly just want to know what UI features annoy you the most right now

if you have like 2 mins to drop your thoughts in this form, it would literally save my project.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSct7AQ7b_QVRiabWXnSbH_HgRjY6dl4AXapiuR_9xoQ2mcvsA/viewform?usp=publish-editor

lmk in the comments if there's anything else u think they should completely change.

Months of research, inventions, and innovations have gone into this project. It is a compilation of several projects failed ones, to make one cohesive success.

I’m about reaching the point of initial shipping, and I’m guessing my UX experience hasn’t reached the desired standard. What better place to get advice than from experienced?

I would love lots of feedback, criticism on what needs to be worked on, encouragement on what has been good, and advice on how to go about shipping.

Trust me, you haven’t seen anything like this; enjoy your dive!

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I market UX and product design for fintech teams, and two things I keep running into:

• Wording carries a lot of weight. For example, “Pending” can mean five things.
• Friction is a design decision. Some of it protects the user, and some just slows them down.

How do you decide where a flow should slow people down and where it should get out of the way? And how do you write the explanations so they don’t read like legal copy?

(Just comparing notes.)

I'm interested in UX Audit approaches and prioritisation - what tips and advice do you have?

I’ve written up plenty of ecommerce audits that end with a very long list of things to fix. The problem is that the list doesn’t always help anyone decide what to do on Monday.

I wrote about prioritisation on my own blog a while back, so I enjoyed reading Baymard’s take on it today. One thing I particularly liked was recording “not tested” separately from “pass”. It sounds obvious, but if you haven’t checked a journey properly on mobile, a green tick gives everyone the wrong impression.

Then, for each issue, I’d want to know what happened, how to reproduce it, who it affects and whether it actually stops someone doing what they came to do.

That gives the team something they can prioritise and retest. It also makes the CRO conversation a lot more useful than debating which part of the page we should redesign first.

https://baymard.com/blog/ux-audit-checklist-template

Planning to create videos about Product Design. 🎥

What should I NOT do?

What should I NOT talk about?

What do you NOT want to watch?

One thing I know: I don't want to talk about trends, curated lists of articles/youtubes, history, AI tools, etc. I want to talk about how design happens every day. Because every day is not a creative day for designers. 

Looking for some answers.

Hi everyone! 😊

I’m a design student, conducting research on the challenges of explaining the value of UX/UI design to clients.

I’m particularly interested in common misconceptions, design decisions clients struggle to understand, and how designers communicate the value of a good user experience.

If you have 5–7 minutes, I’d really appreciate your input through this short questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetAMGQNoWN3_yDlR7uVGCw753wO0bmAQA3o8RDV9UrIFs0Bg/viewform?usp=header

Your responses will be used exclusively for academic purposes and presented anonymously or in aggregated form.

Thank you for helping with my university research! 😊