UX Design vs UI Design | What's The Difference?

What's the difference between UX Design and UI Design? What would you be doing as a UX or UI Designer? In this video, Dee, a senior UX Designer here at AJ&Smart, offers a detailed description of UX and UI design, gives tangible examples for each professions and showcases what you can expect to be doing working in either area!

Are you looking to become a UX or a UI Designer? Which area interests you the most and why? What further questions do you still have around these professions? Share your thoughts and questions below in the comments!

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[AJSmart]

Hey! 👋What questions do you have around UX or UI Design? 🤔Which field do you feel is right for you? Are you pursuing a career in either area? Let us know in the comments below! ↙️
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[navteshdhir]

Your videos are so clear, informative and to the point. Love your work.

[sonoftroy]

The perfect background scene with very good lighting. using the wide angle lens captured the viewport nicely and the video editing was spot on!... NICE! I’m self taught and learning how to edit videos so I’m taking notes

[davidcruz]

Loving the funny moments! It's great to see the teams not afraid of showcasing times where things didn't go as planned

[DotUI]

This was very informative Dee, looking to start a course in UI/UX design glad I came across this video

[maria.]

Dee is starting to become my favorite person in explaining UX/UI :D

[KeithRowley]

Best definition I've seen. Excellent. Thank you.

[muffinmunster]

Living for the doggy behind the wheel gif.
Love your videos- always so informative. So glad I came across (and subscribed) to this channel!

[giovanniberdejo-gallegos]

Thank you so much for helping me understand the difference of UX and UI. I took my first C# class at university and fell in love with as I call it, "Making the app look pretty". I think I'm leaning more towards UI but UX sounds like a lot of fun too. I'm looking to get into this field and I'm trying to research if UI/UX is for me. This video really helped in a BIG way. Thanks so much!

[okishan]

great video Dee!! Team, can you please talk more about UX? Because everyone speaks about "solving problems" but no one talks about what problems they're actually solving, the actual stuff. The videos and blogs make it seem so easy. If it were that easy, everyone could become a UXer. Can you pls tell something or guide me in any way about the "difficult stuff" if it makes sense. How should I learn, the ACTUAL work? (beginner AF)

[webfactorysolutions]

Wow, awesome video!!

Would you consider doing a new series of videos?
Something like tips for Developers to interact or facilitate more the work of a UX/UI designer? Or something like tips for Developers on companies with no UX/UI designers?

[messagedeleted]

UX Design is the umbrella for everything the user does with your product: the experience they get from it.

UI is a component of UX, one in the same.

The confusion comes from people identifying as a UI/UX Designer when in fact it’s going o be the same.

UX Design has become so expanded that it’s now a multidisciplinary approach to all things user experience.

[CraftCozyDesigns]

Watching the content, but waiting on the final scenes!! I loved the behind scenes :)

[uiblogger]

hey AJ&Smart love your video. I am looking for that from a while and there i got it. Your Steering Wheel example is cool it just clear all my doubt about UI and UX design and UI vs UX designer. The hand overlap gesture is too funny, love your work keep that work on always supporting :)

[mhasancoder]

Nice and clear in explanation. Thanks AJ

[lahirusupunchandra]

Hey, Love this video and channel. Clear and very helpful tutorials. Especially Dee, your awesome 😜

[makingthestartup]

I design for banks and, since design systems, we actually incorporate UI already in the Ideation phase. It excites stakeholders who are not visually as imaginative.

I believe UI will be incorporated much earlier in the design process.

[solomondavid]

Not a question though but a commendation...i really love how the video was made so realistic... Like the mistakes were brought out and how y'all made it a fun process all through it just gives this very good vibe while I watched it and I tots understood everything... Thanks!!!!

[ngalahgwet]

THANKS SO MUCH VERY CLEAR DEFINITION. BIG THANKS YOU OPENED MY MIND

[creightonl]

just subscribed your vid was funny genuine and so easy to understand! thank you