What is User experience design?
{{uncat|date=March 2025}} '''User experience design''' ('''UXD''', '''UED''', or '''XD''') is the activity to support user behavior through [[usability]], usefulness, and desirability by the interaction with a product.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsz5AwAAQBAJ|title=Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products|last=Eyal|first=Nir|date=2014-11-04|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-698-19066-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Schmidt, Aaron; Amanda Etches (2014). Useful, Usable, Desirable: Applying User Experience Design.}}</ref> Experience design (''XD'') is the practice of designing products, processes, services, events, etc. with a focus on the quality of the user experience and relevant solutions.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Aarts, Emile H. L.; Stefano Marzano (2003). The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligence. 010 Publishers. p. 46. ISBN 978-90-6450-502-7.}}</ref> Its main purpose is to develop the experience of a product, service, or event by several dimensions:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Steve Diller, Nathan Shedroff, Darrel Rhea (2005): Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer Experiences. New Riders Press ISBN 0-321-37409-6}}</ref> * Duration * Intensity * Breadth * Interaction (passive ↔ active ↔ interactive) * Triggers * Significance == Stages == === Research === Research is the first and most important element.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Research is critical to UX|url=https://www.antino.io/blog/why-is-ux-research-important/|access-date=2021-04-01|website=www.lollypop.design|language=en|archive-date=2022-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201195039/https://www.antino.io/blog/why-is-ux-research-important/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It helps to understand the user, identify the application's purpose, and recognize target audience's needs, goals, and mental models. === Visual design === Visual design (''graphic design, user interface design'') shows the [[aesthetics]] or general look of any user [[interface]]. The purpose is to make a message