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# UX design has a dirty secret
- URL: https://werd.io/ux-design-has-a-dirty-secret/
- Published: 2021-10-18T16:50:42.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-18T16:50:42.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"This confusion over the breadth and scope of user experience design can be seen in the misapplication of concepts and methodologies like Design Thinking. Design Thinking was developed as a consulting tool to help management take a more deliberate approach in innovating on new services and products. The model includes five steps: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test. At face value, this seems like a robust approach, however Design Thinking is often adopted as a substitute for actual user-centered design, with activities being led internally and without users, ultimately resulting in UX Theatre."

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