Design Research

Design Research is done while you design. Within the product development lifecycle, design research happens during the design stage (stage three) to help inform your designs, to fit the needs of users, and to reduce risk

Why it matters

Research before design tells you what to build; research while designing tells you whether you are building it right. Skipping the second kind is how correct strategies become unusable products.

Related terms

• Research
• Qualitative research
• Contextual Inquiry
• Data-Driven Design
• De-Identification

Go deeper in Learn UX

• Introduction to UX Research UX Research
• Foundational Research UX Research
• Design Research UX Research

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