Elevate UX Design: Strategy Before Visuals for Best Results

Elevate UX Design: Strategy Before Visuals for Best ResultsElevate UX Design: Strategy Before Visuals for Best Results

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Mauricio Monzón

pro

• Feb 16

Good design doesn’t start with colors or layouts. It starts with understanding the problem. Before jumping into visuals, we have to take time to think things through: What are we really trying to solve or communicate? What should people do here? How should they move through the experience? When design is built based on those questions, it becomes more than something that looks nice. It helps people understand the message and decide to take action. Design should not be treated as mere decoration when in reality it does so much more than making things pretty.

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Abdulahi Asimiyu

• 2d

Dear Founders

Stop framing it as "great design vs. shipping fast."

The real choice is assumptions vs. actual learning.

Ship this thing, get the data, then make it pretty.

Guessing in private is the silent killer.

I'm Abdulahi — a Product Designer and Design System Engineer who turns complex experiences into intuitive, elegant interfaces. From mobile apps and web platforms to landing pages and Web3 systems, I build design that bridge the gap between users need and business goal.

Here is my portfolio for more information; https://abdulahiasimiyu.framer.website/

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Abdulahi Asimiyu — Helping Businesses Thrive with his UI/UX Design Skills

Portfolio of Abdulahi Asimiyu a UI/UX Designer — Product Designer focused on building intuitive, conversion-driven designs for startups, agencies, and growing brands using tools like Framer FIgma Shopify

Val Guerra

pro

• 2d

Complex ideas need clear visuals 🪐 This looping animation I made for Forta using @Rive shows how their firewall processes transactions on-chain. Even with abstract graphics, motion helps you understand the flow instantly and remember it afterwards. If you can see it, you can get it.

Rive design motion

Abdul Rauf Khan

pro

• 2d

This project wasn’t about adding more visual noise, it was about creating a focused, modern real estate experience that guides users naturally toward action.

Key priorities during the build: • Clean, premium visual hierarchy • Fast, responsive Framer performance • Scan-friendly property presentation • Conversion-aware CTA placement • Mobile-first responsive behavior

The result is a site that feels lightweight, trustworthy, and easy to navigate, exactly what high-intent visitors expect.

Because in real-world products, Simplicity executed well often outperforms complexity.

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Abhiram Tinguria

• 2d

Really clean visual hierarchy. The layout feels premium without relying on heavy effects — which fits real estate perfectly.