Advice for explaining design rationale

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As a designer you'll be making a lot of design decisions along the way. One crucial skill is to be able to explain your rationale behind these decisions. Rationale is a key component of both case studies and when presenting your work to your stakeholders. Are you ready to back up the decisions you made and why? Watch this video to learn the importance of rationale!
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  • @RajivNarayanan
    @RajivNarayanan4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much. You explained things so clearly and broke it down in a interesting way thank you

  • @Anina_Botha
    @Anina_Botha4 жыл бұрын

    This was a really good video and practical tips, as designers we sometimes do the rationale unconsciously but you need to jot them down for your case study write-ups or like you mentioned those design meetings! Thank you, Femke.

  • @jan3253
    @jan32534 жыл бұрын

    Really appreciate these kinds of videos!

  • @DushyantShrikhande
    @DushyantShrikhande4 жыл бұрын

    A great explanation of how to document design decisions and rationale!

  • @josesitomal
    @josesitomal4 жыл бұрын

    This is such a helpful video, Thanks for sharing!

  • @mustakimyilham6179
    @mustakimyilham61792 жыл бұрын

    This is really really helpful. Thank you ! It would be great if you can make an episode on how to present the work to stakeholders and possibly have an example of what's the best effective way to do it.

  • @femkedesign

    @femkedesign

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the suggestion!

  • @tracklauonly
    @tracklauonly3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic content as always. This is gold. However, a pdf with a summary of this could be pretty helpful :)

  • @NuwanWithanagenu1
    @NuwanWithanagenu14 жыл бұрын

    Hi Femke, thank you for all the great content out there. I'm glad I found your channel.

  • @JR-gh8lp
    @JR-gh8lp2 жыл бұрын

    You are seriously amazing!!!

  • @attunery
    @attunery7 ай бұрын

    I love this. Thank you.

  • @islandparadisetuts
    @islandparadisetuts3 жыл бұрын

    Femke, your channel is pure gold. Thank you for all of your content! Answers many questions that aren't answered here on KZread that I think many designers are wondering

  • @femkedesign

    @femkedesign

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Hugo!

  • @niharbhagat

    @niharbhagat

    Жыл бұрын

    +1 Hugo

  • @alexmahone7735
    @alexmahone77354 жыл бұрын

    Found ur Channel frm Dirbble Podcast, Really good content here!!

  • @ianzhengUX
    @ianzhengUX3 жыл бұрын

    very good video. It's a pity so little people have seen your video.

  • @YoArnold
    @YoArnold4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @niharbhagat
    @niharbhagat Жыл бұрын

    This calmed me down 🧘🏽

  • @preetamgupta
    @preetamgupta3 жыл бұрын

    Really, Really helpful tips. Thanks alot for sharing. I honestly enjoying your content, it's bang on. Since 2019, when I joined Interaction Design foundation and I have been following a lot of professional from our industry. The context of contents provided by so many people was kind of, I don't know hard to sink in the design process but on the other hand you. the things you put up for us is really useful and I definitely gonna implement that changes in my process. Catch you on internet or on the next video😊

  • @preetamgupta

    @preetamgupta

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Femke, I was wondering and thought of asking, would you able to do a video on User Journey Map. I have already attended few sessions of Dynamic Experience CEO Frank Spillers, and others but I every time ended with a confusions like what kind of journey shows up the pain points. Is that a contextual real-life daily over all journey of the user or the usability part journey with the similar products while doing the research and insight. What I lack is what type of journey needed to consider to get insights and pain points of the user. Please, will you consider making a video on this. Have a great day.

  • @vandi9502
    @vandi95023 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Femke! I really enjoy your contents, straightforward and very practical. Would you mind sharing how to make rationale around decisions that are somewhat subjective? Like, applying gradients, adding illustrations, or microinteractions, are usually only act as the cherry on top. We can achieve our goal with or without it, but we wanted to deliver delightful designs, but I don't know how to make objective rationale to back that decision. Will really appreciate if you share some tips about this. Thanks again!

  • @vandi9502

    @vandi9502

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@femkedesign I see, got it. Will try to use that one. Thank you!

  • @victory8639
    @victory86393 жыл бұрын

    So nice watched twice!

  • @femkedesign

    @femkedesign

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks :)

  • @preetamgupta
    @preetamgupta3 жыл бұрын

    Hey Femke, I was wondering and thought of asking, would you able to do a video on User Journey Map. I have already attended few sessions of Dynamic Experience CEO Frank Spillers, and others but I every time ended with a confusions like what kind of journey shows up the pain points. Is that a contextual real-life daily over all journey of the user or the usability part journey with the similar products while doing the research and insight. What I lack is what type of journey needed to consider to get insights and pain points of the user. Please, will you consider making a video on this. Have a great day.

  • @preetamgupta

    @preetamgupta

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@femkedesign Thank you😊

  • @SebastianHay
    @SebastianHay3 жыл бұрын

    Try to understand the context behind the challenge - i.e. why is someone asking you to explain the design decision? Quite often (myself included) make the assumption of what the person is asking for and just finding out a bit more info will lead to a more focused response, with reasons that will resonate clearer.

  • @ashleychavez5262
    @ashleychavez52623 жыл бұрын

    Hellooo, I have a presentation tomorrow and a question my teacher will have for me is “restate the design rational you wrote” and I have no idea what that means🧐

  • @naumankhokhar6471

    @naumankhokhar6471

    3 жыл бұрын

    rationale means 'why' behind the design decisions. correct me if I'm wrong

  • @caitlinwhittle8113
    @caitlinwhittle81132 жыл бұрын

    v helpful video although u say 'final solution' so much its kind of jarring hahaha

  • @femkedesign

    @femkedesign

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is a video about having confidence and rationale in your solutions after all!

  • @caitlinwhittle8113

    @caitlinwhittle8113

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@femkedesign i mean bcos of the historical context of the phrase! sorry didnt mean to imply u were being repetitive

  • @spookylilnix

    @spookylilnix

    2 жыл бұрын

    This also stuck out to me. If you don't know why the phrase "Final Solution" is jarring, a quick google will help! I understand your intention is to convey confidence, so other phrases that could work well would be the final product, end result, final design, end resolution, etc... I enjoy your content, this particular phrase is just something to be aware of.

  • @d.i.shrager704
    @d.i.shrager7042 жыл бұрын

    This is not about the overall message/presentation -- all very good. I want to point out, however, that the term "The Final Solution" was coined by Adolf Hitler in how to solve the "Jewish problem." It is offensive to hear and I urge you to find another expression to use. Examples would be outcome (or final outcome) or ultimate result or solution. But please don't use the aforementioned term. Thank you for understanding, as well I think this will help you or any viewers and commenters here to avoid a nasty "result."

  • @femkedesign

    @femkedesign

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for bringing this up. I admit I was not aware of how this term has been used in the past. I'm sorry and will not be using it again in my vocabulary.

  • @butterplum2053
    @butterplum20532 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful! Small bit of constructive criticism: I had a cringe every time you said "final solution". I know you weren't referring to the holocaust, and I'm not jewish, but that phrase is super loaded and kinda distracting. It may not be an issue or even noticed depending on one's cultural background.

  • @femkedesign

    @femkedesign

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! This has been pointed out in other comments. I've since learnt from this video and have removed it from my vocabulary, but decided to keep this video up for now as it is helping a lot of designers. Am conscious of it though and thanks for mentioning.