Title: What is Holistic Design? | Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF)
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Holistic Design
What is Holistic Design?
Holistic Design means You Fly High above the Users’ World
Succeed with Holistic Design
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Content: In user experience, designers try to work with a better grasp of all the human dimensions that are involved between users and a particular design. They can explore the various angles more realistically than they would if they focused only on catering to a few aspects of what the users experience (e.g., designers creating an impressive user interface (UI) design but not considering other aspects, such as search engine optimization (SEO)). From there, designers can examine the intricate dynamics in users’ different environments to get a better idea of the balance they need to achieve in their design. Then, they can customize feature sets from the insights they discover. With a holistic mindset, your team doesn’t examine isolated aspects of how users use products/services and experience brands. Instead, you consider how these aspects work together. Therefore, you can predict the series of micro-moments users have across all touchpoints during their experience. Industrial designer Yves Behar captured holistic design in seven points, condensed as follows: Succeed with Holistic Design
To adopt a holistic design approach, organizations may need to change their cultural mindset. Here are the main holistic considerations :