The making of a ux designer
Brief
What do junior UX-designers in-training think of their future, one year into the 2 year vocational UX course at IT-högskolan?
10 interviews recorded summer of 2023.
Client: Own project
Role: Interview & editing
Blog post with more details: monocultured.com/blog
Follow-up
I plan to follow this up summer of 2026 as well as 2029 to see where people have ended up, what they got out of their UX studies and how they are applying them.
The questions
The questions I asked each one were the same, but I did edit the thing for brevity and omitted some of the answers. I’ve pasted all the questions below:
Who are you and what’s your background?
Describe UX Design to someone who doesn’t know.
What distinguishes a good UX Designer?
What makes you a good UX designer?
Why did you decide to study UX Design?
What was appealing about it?
Is it still appealing?
Has your understanding of what UX Design is changed?
Describe something you’re are proud of during your first year.
What has been challenging in your first year?
If you could advise yourself before you began studying, what would you say?
What would you like to work with after graduation?
Is there anything you’d rather not work with?
Describe a typical workday in spring 2027 and how you will get there?
Presentation video
Ragna Andersson
Pontus Aldenbring
Magnus Henry
Linnea Öberg Berggren
Leo Söderberg
Kajsa Tunis
Jenny Riksén
Fredrik Aidefors
Catrin Johnsson