Teaching critique
A critique session is often a moment to teach. But what does it mean to teach?
I found this quote recently, which resonated.
“It means that your students can look at the work and make similar decisions without you being there.” - Dr Samuel Holtzman
Not only do we need to offer criticism, but we need to provide tools to help people critique their own work.
To that end, I wrote this article, “Design proofreading.” It offers a tool to help you understand how I critique UX design work. I hope it proves helpful to you as you work through your next project. There are no magic solutions to making great designs, no secret methods other than spending time understanding the problem, trying out a variety of ideas to see what fits, and then critiquing those ideas.
Every critique teaches you something, and the trick is to be open, to listen, to let go of your preconceived ideas, and to be ready to move on to the next idea.
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