Hey there! I'm Durga Venkatesh.
I'm a UI/UX Designer dedicated to work with the aim of making products meaningful.
I follow an iterative and non-linear design thinking process. Having a design process provides me with a framework on how to best proceed when faced with a problem to break it down into a series of interconnected smaller problems.
Design thinking contains five phases: 1. Empathize, 2. Define, 3. Ideate, 4. Prototype, 5. Test. The core purpose of the process is to allow us to work in a dynamic way to develop and launch innovative solutions. Design Thinking makes us Think Outside the Box. We just need to ask right questions and challenge assumptions.
- See the world from the user perspective
- Understand their feelings
- Communicate our understanding
- Ask What? How? and Why?
- Emapthy Mapping
- User Personas
- POV Problem Statement
- How Might We Questions
- Split down the ideas into smaller, actionable goals
- Brainstorm on each actionalble item individually and as a whole
- Research existing UX patterns for achieving the similar goals/actions
- Understand edge cases by building user personas and intent around each user type
- Determine the start, processing and end state for each user flow
- Create a low fedility prototype for validating the ideas
- Create a high fedility prototype and involve stakeholders to better understand their expectaions, wants and needs.
- Let the users experience the prototype
- Ask users to share their experiences
- Observe users as they use the prototype
- Ask simple follow-up questions
- Take note of both negative and positive feedback
Hi! I am Durga Venkatesh, an experienced UX Specialist and a graduate student of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at IIT Roorkee.
My insatiable curiosity towards art, craft, and design developed when I came across action games. Though I could not improve my mediocre art skills, I found interest in the design aesthetics. It all fuelled up after I got into college. Being a part of the campus design group, I learned and improved my design skills. My previous work experience helped me understand UX design and now I aim to be a Sr. UX designer who specializes in creating exceptional user experiences.
I’m an avid dreamer who loves action games and wants to change the world. In my spare time, I like to work on Certification courses, listen to songs, and play games like Enshrouded, Battlefield 2042 and Age of Empires 2 DE.
Technical Proficiency
Primary Tools
Figma, Adobe XD
Other Tools
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Lightroom, InVision, Sketch