<span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 4</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>
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<p>A UI UX designer’s head is constantly buzzing with ideas. Even a bike ride to work or an evening stroll in the park can inspire them to create designs that stand out. The life of a UI UX designer revolves around their client and delivering only the best of designs for their users. They want to make it easy to use and navigate through the website and help the client scale up.</p>
<p>In a constant effort of giving their best to ease the users’ lives, they stress themselves out.</p>
<p>Here’s how a day in a designer’s life looks like:</p>
<h4>Mornings in the life of a ui ux designer</h4>
<h4>1. Wake up with a thought to create something amazing</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2237 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1.png" alt="Wake up with a thought to create something amazing" width="766" height="518" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1-300x203.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>2. Think about design ideas / look for inspiration while commuting to work</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2238 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2.png" alt="Look for inspiration while commuting to work" width="766" height="533" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2-300x209.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>3. Walk into the office and head straight for the coffee</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2239 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/3-1.png" alt="Reach office and head straight to grab a cup of coffee" width="766" height="523" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/3-1.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/3-1-300x205.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>4. Create a to-do list from yesterday&#8217;s pending to-do list. Map out your day even though you know things don’t go according to the plan.</h4>
<h4><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2240 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4.png" alt="Create to-do list from yesterday's pending task and plan your day" width="766" height="590" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4-300x231.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></h4>
<h4 class="text-left">5. Call the client and discuss with colleagues, the challenges and the plan for the day.</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2241 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5.png" alt="Connect with colleagues, clients to understand their challenges and work accordingly" width="766" height="533" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5-300x209.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4 class="text-left">6. Finally, find time to get some actual UX work done!</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2242 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/6.png" alt="Start with some actual UX work" width="766" height="503" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/6.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/6-300x197.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>and the afternoon goes like &#8211;</h4>
<h4>1. Get feedback from colleagues while having lunch.</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2243 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/7.png" alt="Get colleagues feedback during lunch" width="766" height="416" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/7.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/7-300x163.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>2. Keep on iterating prototypes until you are satisfied.</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2244 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/8.png" alt="Iterate prototypes until you are satisfied" width="766" height="416" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/8.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/8-300x163.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>3. Draft emails that try to best explain the concept to the client.</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2245 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9.png" alt="Draft an email that best explain your concept to your client" width="766" height="500" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9-300x196.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>4. Try to make sense of the feedback from the client.</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2246 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/10.png" alt="Understand your client's feedback and make sense out of it
" width="766" height="490" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/10.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/10-300x192.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>5. Need for another cup of coffee, or maybe two!</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2247 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11.png" alt="Grab another cup of coffee and think of new ideas" width="766" height="475" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/11-300x186.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>6. Keep on iterating until your client is satisfied and cancel all evening plans, of course!</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-2248 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/12.png" alt="Keep on iterating until your clients are satisfied and cancel your evening plans" width="766" height="590" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/12.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/12-300x231.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>7. Time to celebrate when the client approves the work</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-2249 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/13.png" alt="Celebrate when the client approves the work" width="766" height="503" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/13.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/13-300x197.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>8. Realize its almost the end of the day and you didn’t accomplish anything else on your morning to-do list.</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2250 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/14.png" alt="Realize you didn't end up following your to-do list" width="766" height="503" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/14.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/14-300x197.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>The evening is like</h4>
<h4>1. You suddenly get superpowers &#8211; and you start designing faster, prototype faster to get done as much as possible</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2251 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/15.png" alt="Design and prototype faster to get work done as soon as possible" width="766" height="513" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/15.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/15-300x201.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>2. But you keep getting interrupted!</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2252 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/16.png" alt="But you keep getting interrupted " width="766" height="503" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/16.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/16-300x197.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>3. Put on your headphones, your coworkers still don’t get the hint</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2253 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/17.png" alt="Put on your headphones to avoid your coworkers" width="766" height="436" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/17.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/17-300x171.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>4. You somehow finish most of the urgent work and promise yourself to finish the pending things tomorrow</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2254 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/18.png" alt="Finishing the priority task and promise yourself to complete the pending task tommorrow" width="766" height="416" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/18.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/18-300x163.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>5. You send email updates to clients and pray that you don’t get an immediate response so that you go can go home.</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2255 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/19.png" alt="Send email updates to clients and pray you don't get an immediate response" width="766" height="416" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/19.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/19-300x163.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>6. When you have done everything humanly possible, you head home</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2259 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20a.png" alt="Head home when you have done everything possible to complete the work" width="766" height="416" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20a.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20a-300x163.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<h4>and lastly, Night ends with</h4>
<h4>Before sleeping you think about the whole day and realize you are happy with the work you do and how you love doing it</h4>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-2257 size-full" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/21.png" alt="Think about the whole day before sleeping and realise that you love what you are doing" width="766" height="500" srcset="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/21.png 766w, https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/21-300x196.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px" /></p>
<p>Every day in the lives of UI UX designers at <a href="https://octet.design/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Octet Design Studio</a> is just like this. How about you? Can the designer in you relate to this? Let us know your comments below!</p><footer class="author-bio-section" ><div class="author-flex"><div class="author-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" src="https://octet-gatsby.in2.cdn-alpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_2162-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-90x90 size-90x90" alt="" /></div><div class="author-info"><div class="author-name"><strong>Devam Ghoghari</strong></div><p class="author-bio">Devam Ghoghari, a seasoned UI UX designer at Octet, is renowned for creating captivating user interfaces and elevating user experiences through thoughtful visual and interaction design. He is skilled in building and maintaining design systems, crafting comprehensive prototypes, and conducting thorough UX research, including market analysis, journey mapping, and user testing. 

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