Published on | Prototyping: From UX to Front End — Medium Nishtha H. Dalal

A step-by-step guide

Start your sentences with “as a designer…” really reaffirm that you are indeed a designer, because people are starting to question it
Say shit like empathy, design systems, and design language in every discussion
Call an empty 3 desk space a studio, and host weekly ad-hoc design consulting hours at the “studio”

Have an empty desk as a statement of minimalism
Inversely pin up everyone else’s work as inspiration, and have a bunch of sharpies and UI Stencils on your desk.
Squiggle on napkins even though you have tons of blank notebooks from MUJI, and obviously, leave them on your desk to reaffirm you are indeed a designer.
Stick up giant posters of work and draw random arrows and x’s in red.

Keep someone else’s Sketch file open on your monitor — all day, so people walking by can come and say “ooh that looks cool”.
Backup critique: ”will that pass accessibility” when you have nothing else to say.
Get really restless to find a whiteboard/marker, or paper in random conversations.
Start drawing boxes and arrows

Stop everyone before they’re about to leave the room and say “we should take pictures of the whiteboard, make sure we don’t lose this great work”
Tell your design team you’re focusing on coaching the PM team on innovation, and tell the PM’s you’re focusing on your honing in your design craft.
But actually, focus on being more “well rounded” by training to climb Mt. Everest.
Train for your summit at the company gym during the workday, but make sure you wear your design team swag to reaffirm you are indeed a designer.

PSA: Don’t confuse yourself with A Pretentious Designer

If you’re laughing and you know it clap your hands (esp. digitally ) 👏🏽

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