Week 1: Outside of Class

Today I read an article on medium.com entitled "What is Product Design?", which attempts to define Product Design as a process and explain what it can be used for. There are several parts of design which compose the Product Designer. Some of these include, UX/Interaction, graphic, and motion designers. These used to be considered individual jobs where one person would be the graphic designer and another the interaction designer, and so on. However, now they have merged into one being - the product designer. This person is essential in all aspects of a business - they are the foundation and they help to solve users' problems. They design the experience a user has digitally. Above all, product design is flexible, and it needs to be in order to solve the always changing problems in this always changing world. That is why the product designer knows a little bit of everything. Not only did this article help me to further understand the importance of product design, but will likely help me as I continue through this semester and explore the field.