Level up your UI design skills in 12 minutes! | EP2

[@fabbahiense]

I love it! But I think that when scrolling, the Villa's image could be a little smaller, so that the user can focus more on the information and still be able to view the images. You help me a lot! Thanks

[@Yovistamps]

agreed!

[@ruthriabiswas9036]

hey even i commented the same thing 🤭and then saw your comment

[@shubhsharma19]

yes

[@sadiamumtahnarhidi5888]

Your work on YT is so appreciated, Rachel. Thank you so much for taking time to create these. It's a fantastic resource to new and experienced designers alike!

[@rachelhow]

Thank you so much! 🥹

[@yeannetung]

personally i prefer option 1 because the images would probably be interupting my reading experience

[@rachelhow]

Thanks for the feedback! That’s a fair point 😃

[@Rdyor]

agree

[@sythe263]

Hello Rachel, 🙋 I am a first year student in a Design college📖 in India. Ever since I got into design field I had this imposter syndrome😿. I always watched your videos and I used to think "wow. I wanna do all this too!".🥳 I started designing and sharing it to the world but I didn't got any clients😷. Then I started posting my designs into competitions and eventually won a few competitions☺. And finally clients started approaching me! 😄 When I earned my first money I was shaking😲! Because all the rejection I faced was scary to me. But it made me strong, very strong.😺 And I am incredibly happy to announce that recently I won a very amazing gig (💵). All thanks to you and your videos. You are a great inspiration to all the new designers who are getting in this field. 👏 I am looking forward to create a work life balance and pay my college tuition👨‍🎓. Everything is going great and I am growing both financially and mentally! I hope you are having an amazing day too! Keep up the good work!😊

[@superninja6481]

Incredible and very well-thought out! From just a quick glance, the original looks pretty good and functional, but there were in fact, many areas of improvement that can be exposed if you train yourself to develop a more critical eye for the user's experience. As a casual viewer of design work (I'm not a designer), it's really refreshing and informative to see the before and after, as well as your thought process behind design decisions to flaws in the original that I never would've thought of.

[@rachelhow]

Wow, thank you! You’re spot on 💪🏻

[@nosaosunde8352]

@@rachelhow Please what tool did you use to create the final demo video? I’ll like to learn it to make videos like that.

[@yeannetung]

really like the redesign series

[@rachelhow]

Thank you! I’m super glad to hear this :)

[@sehanhasan]

Can you create a course that teaches UI/UX and everything that you do (specially the Research, Analysis, Discovery Process, etc)? I really want to learn from you and I’m happy to pay for it

[@ysnbg]

+1 will also support this! I love how detailed she is with her process.

[@trial28ify]

I was literally just checking the video description for this! Her thought process is insane

[@victoriagillerlain]

I know courses take a while to make and in the meantime I would love to know if she has any course recommendations!

[@sehanhasan]

@@victoriagillerlain yes agreed!

[@Silhouette_one]

Absolutely! I 100% agree. I would love a full course from Rachel, it would be second to none! :) :) Please, please!

[@ThoughtsCo_17]

As a beginner in UI/UX design, I applaud Rachel for such great content. I feel like to be a Great designer takes a whole lot. Thank you for showing the steps that you take in tackling your designs. I am very impressed.

[@marzoval9551]

To see your thought process in identifying areas of improvement from a real, existing design, and actually improving it has far more educational value for more intermediate level designers looking for more than just "here are some cool color palettes and fonts to play with". Option 2 is definitely my preference. Having the persistent images seems like a better experience to keep users enticed.

[@rachelhow]

Hey thank you :) I appreciate the kind words!

[@Rdyor]

Hi Rachel, these redesign series are eye-opening and inspirational to people who are learning UX UI like me. Hope you still have time to do these videos cause I know these are time-consuming since 3hrs thinking and redesigning then shorten it to 12:05 minutes video. Thank you for your effort ❤

[@rachelhow]

🥺 Thank you so, so much for the kind words. It's really nice to know that the hard work behind the scenes are being appreciated. I will be doing websites/dashboards next, to switch things up a little.

[@zuzannaziolek9866]

I love how your videos are always so well structured and I enjoy hearing your thought process behind your design choices. I love how you designed this app, I definitely prefer the option where the images are fixed because they are what make me most excited about booking a place.

[@ankurraj310]

Loved the entire process for creating a stunning ui design, I liked the idea of keeping the images fixed when scrolling as it might help a lot in decision making

[@rachelhow]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Sofia0S0S]

Option 2 is definitely better and love the pinned images, so users can keep looking at the pictures as they move through the description

[@tmiiir]

such a detailed yet straightforward redesign video! please don't stop making this kind of videos as it gives a lot of new insight in redesigning UI. I like the second option but imo first one is more common.

[@rachelhow]

Thank you so much for watching! 🥺

[@personalquests]

I worked on my application and now I am redesigning a single page everyday, these videos are helping a lot thank you.

[@clevermissfox]

Love the redesign. 1h vs 3h ; isn’t that always how it goes?! Using accordions and the horizontal scroll are some of my favorites to organize the text. Sigh, good up writing… it IS such an important skill and I’m lacking. Even just for the placeholder text that won’t go on the final site. Thx for showing us all the preliminary research that’s essential prior to beginning the design. That’s often skipped in How To videos. Great video!

[@rachelhow]

Thank you!

[@notorioustofu3482]

Looks better than the original. Like others have said, Option 2 sacrifices a lot of screen real estate to images. If the client pushed for keeping the images on screen, you could scale it down on scrolling till the image width is about half the screen width and transition it into a horizontal scroll view with the other images. I do like the sticky CTA on the bottom, but with this much scrolling, there should be a "scroll-to-top" button available to the user. Standard practice is to put that towards the bottom-trailing portion of the screen, but with that taken by the CTA bar, maybe the top trailing? Either way, looks great. Nice work

[@mohammedsamir4759]

You just taught me how to critically analyze a UI design. Would keep coming back to this video and will surely use the learnings to analyze better next time

[@alialkofee1]

This series is brilliant and I absolutely love it. It's really nice to see you sharing insights about your thought process and design concepts. I wish there were more videos like that out there. Keep it up.

[@rachelhow]

Thank you very much :)

[@alya6393]

Thank you Rachel loved the redesign! Would love to see more UI videos

[@rachelhow]

[@pjaymv]

I am new and interested in the UI/UX web design industry. You are incredible -- this was very informative and impressive -- please keep up the great work!

[@rachelhow]

Thank you!!!

[@real1muzik]

You killed it with that video presentation at the end! Good work!

[@rachelhow]

🥺 thank you!!!

[@ankitmaurya1598]

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks 🙌for giving your precious time to create this video. Rachel !!!!!!

[@hoxx1503]

Beautiful design, would love to see more videos of this

[@EimantasK]

Very nice redesign. Only three things cought my eye: 1 - scroll indicator and view holding current image of x number (i.e. 3/20) is there for the same purpose, I'd leave only one (most likely 3/20 cuz it looks clean) 2 - $73.00 NIGHT it's a bit unusual to see price shown like than, I'd add / to have it like "$73.00/ NIGHT", but I like that NIGHT is smallet font, I love to do that too! 3 - Bottom holder view that holds Book Now button is missing smth... text colors could be more clear maybe, top spacing for Book Now button feels too small and the background kinda out of context... Would put white background give top light shadow and instead of gray for NIGHT and date texts I'd do black. But of course it's easy to comment me now :D overall all you're great! Love these redesign videos - Subscribed! Please keep it up!

[@salmi_chahid]

I really loved the way which you work with, and also your work is so beautiful and so appealing

[@rachelhow]

Thank you so much! Hope to see you around the channel :)

[@salmi_chahid]

i have 6 months of subscription and i learned a lot from you, Thank u ☺@@rachelhow

[@whatifuniverse00]

I loved the way option 2 turned out. Love this series. Pls, keep on uploading this as a series. And the presentation video. Can you like make a video on how to present designs like that (It gives me Ad Vibes, lol)

[@dhiiraj4ux]

Second one makes more sense, It gives such a beautiful and well thought experience, Great work.

[@rachelhow]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@hishadhin]

These redesign series are eye-opening and inspirational to people who are learning UX UI like me.

[@hannahpot]

Hi! Your contents really helped me a lot in my UI/UX journey. I hope you'll create more of these kinds of content💛

[@rachelhow]

Thank you for the feedback, Hannah 🥹🙏🏻 Will create more of these :)

[@ChristFallon]

this looks amazing!!! i love it!!! please could you do a video that shows how you created the showreel at the end please? thank you!

[@v1d300]

Thank you for sharing your design process. Also the promo for showcasing the design options was very well done.

[@rachelhow]

Thank you very much! Super happy to hear this :)

[@lscodeschool957]

This is Rachel, learnt a ton of cool ways to approach design. Keep up the good work

[@Gary-Leigh]

My goodness! I learnt a lot in this short clip. I'm learning to design websites and I want to venture into UX designing

[@fabianrozasmoya2517]

at least once a week I watch this video... it reminds me that what I thought was "fairly correct" is completely incorrect... Thank you for your beautiful work!

[@nosaosunde8352]

Fantastic video! ❤ I prefer option 2. Having the photos visible is a good way to keep the look and feel of the villa on the user’s mind even while they explore the entire page.

[@D01Light]

I really like this type of content, I find it much more useful than tutorial videos, please keep doing this

[@elixxunknow4599]

It's impressive and very interesting, even when we're not designers, it helps understanding the process behind every UI thanks !

[@secondline2175]

This is really helpful video for me as beginner. Please make more videos like this

[@product.ux.ui_designer]

It's so cool, that you describe process of thinking and your choice! Very useful. Thanks ❤

[@rachelhow]

You're so welcome!

[@proyectomadriguera]

Thank you Rachel! as a jr ux/ui designer i learn a lot with your videos :)

[@rachelhow]

Happy to hear that :) Thanks for watching!

[@e.t1031]

I love this serie! I haven't stop learning and practicing since I've discovered your channel 2y ago :)

[@hamdibeep4]

This is a true work of art. I appreciate the new design :D

[@kyopo_diaries]

Clear critique - more videos to advance UI skills please @Rachel 🙏

[@alessia6351]

I really appreciate this kind of videos. Please, keep it up

[@johan.p21]

Incredible Rachel! I'm a digital experience designer myself, and all your videos are very inspiring and insightful! Amazing work (and also thanks for making me discover Mobbin :) ) Keep the great stuff coming!

[@davidisiekwene]

Love the final results Rachel. Another exploration I would've considered would have been to make each amenity and its icon, take a pill shape form with a light bg color and stack them side by side and wrap those that wouldn't fit on one line, Or even make them scrollable

[@rachelhow]

Thanks 🙏🏻 Amenities organized in chips/pills would be cool to see. I would prefer them wrapped, instead of horizontally scrollable 😄

[@ice.sme96]

It's impressive, please keep doing this.

[@AkashSingh-xr9md]

Hi, Rachel, I have been following your videos for quite some time they are really informative and insightful. As a new UI/UX designer I really appreciate the work you put in to help all of us. I really liked the prototype video you made. I was just wondering how you made that video, So if you could share some insight regarding the process or the tool used it would be really helpful. Thank you keep up the great work!! 😁

[@dartiv_div]

Thank you for your work. This is so educating yet not overwhelming due to how you present and structure the information. I'm your fan ❤

[@femidavids2018]

Awesome content. I really enjoyed this one a lot, just like the first one. Yes, I'd like to see more of this redesign videos. It gives behind the scenes excerpts into your design thinking process. I hope you do a series next of how you design a product from scratch with similar approach. Thank you Rachel.

[@rachelhow]

Thank you so much :) I would be featuring real client projects in the coming months but that would take some time because the project is still in progress. I appreciate the ideas!

[@ahmedsodany3012]

Really appreciate this re-design series.💛

[@amir_reza_710]

Thanks for this short and useful video. Your design process really inspired me.

[@lucastejero6547]

I Love that you think 3 hours is a lot but I'm truly amazed by the result in just 3 hours, I want to work with you!

[@romank1ng528]

You're honestly too good!

[@rachelhow]

Oh thank you 🥺

[@pranavdhamanage]

Love the video and systematic analysis of the ui ! :)

[@fatimahalmalki6530]

I love this kind of video it's really improving the design skills 👍🏻 please we wana more videos like this

[@ArianMozafari]

Simply incredible! Please do a desk tour as well, I'd love to see your setup 😁

[@nouraltabba]

Great video Rachel! Thank you for sharing your brilliant work and helpful resources!

[@rachelhow]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching 😁

[@creativeembargo]

Great redesign, and I love your thought process. But something I like about the original design is that it shows the facility information without needing to scroll. Your approach looks way better, not going to lie. I especially like the position of the title and review on top of the page and a sticky bar for booking and price.

[@NatashaMawji]

Wow you are very talented, it was fun to watch your process!

[@shortasdfghjkl]

this is out of topic but you're hair today looks so cute! suits you really well!💗💗

[@rachelhow]

Aww thank you!! You have good observation skills, it’s a new haircut and color haha 😃

[@lishathomas2020]

Really inspiring work by Rachel. Thankyou for your time and effort for helping aspiring UX designers and professionals improve skills throughout our UX journey. Thankyou for helping me understand the UX/UI thought process as I see it live. Also, the redesigned product is so clean and simple. But have a suggestion on the position of CTA button "Book Now". Could you please check the spacing/padding from the rectangle or mother container it is kept on. Correct me if I am wrong using the terminolgies used here. I am new & on my way exploring more on UX.

[@EliuTimana]

As a developers I would be pleased to work with a talented designer like you, amazing job, congratulations 👏🏾

[@mayennax5809]

I love option 2 and it would also be great if the pictures of the villa would change (every 5 sec) while the user is exploring more of the text.

[@mandar357]

Its cool and very helpful ❤ Attention to details, very pleasing ui and thoughtful at the same time Im learning alot from you Love from india Hoping to learn more from your side

[@rachelhow]

My pleasure 😊

[@gilanglukman196]

woooo, so amazing with your video prototyping, I love it 🤩

[@rinobito2]

Awesome video! You were exactly what i was looking for. These insights are a gem.

[@alexeytretina]

I love the final result & presentation! So cool 🔥

[@rachelhow]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@kiahsmithcreative]

I love this redesign series! It's really inspiring and helps me understand the UX/UI thought process as I see it in action. Also, the final presentation is so clean. I'll definitely be checking out Rotato. 👀

[@theado3183]

I've learned so much from your videos. Thank you!

[@johngomes4278]

Your channel 🎉is excellent 👍👌 thank you I have learned so much from you !!!!

[@johngomes4278]

You look so photogenic too , excelsior 🎉

[@sidb5406]

Loving this series. Gives good insights!

[@raphaelobasijnr1458]

Great redesign and well detailed..I love it

[@raphaelobasijnr1458]

Can you share the figma file link please if you don't mind 🥹🥹🥹

[@giovacast7]

Thank you for sharing! Great video, loved the result

[@rachelhow]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@poooooow]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It's always something to learn from. My first impression: The very roundness takes away the luxurious touch, also the blue color. It looks a bit cold, but I think luxurious is a warm or pastel color. The footer looks a bit rushed, the CTA (book now) is not inviting enough. Since you're a pro, I do allow myself to give critique because this is already on a higher end level we are talking about. 👍😊

[@yuvrajsinhvaghela8020]

Do you have any checklists that you follow when reviewing any design? If so, could you please give an overview of it? This would help us understand your overall process better.

[@iam0_o301]

Like the way you voice over the video, you are not just spitting out the script instead you are speaking out your thinking process

[@rachelhow]

Thank you 🥺 Yes that's the idea!

[@S1KHooligan]

Fantastic video. I appreciate the insight into your thought process.

[@anushkashyap1742]

The whole video was amazing... I feel that if "book now" Gets highlighted when it reaches at the end of the page, it might look better.... Probably i have seen this somewhere else and might enhance it a little.

[@juliebutler8340]

Love your analysis of the original, very well thought out! Would love to see user testing of your revision:)

[@rachelhow]

Thank you, Julie! Will consider that :)

[@nofear458]

Please make more redesign videos, it’s very useful to a newbie uxui designer like me.

[@matthieuregnauld9648]

Love this series! Keep it up!

[@gosianiech6839]

Great tutorial! I love your analysis and the final result is indeed functional and feels luxurious. Could you tell me what did you use to create the video to present the design? Thanks! :)

[@ARMAN-xd1tu]

Hey I Am Arman from India I am UI UX Student I like your way of explaining keep it up and best of luck for your journey

[@seccat]

Option 3: As you scroll, reduce the height to a min height. It’s an interesting effect when the aspect ratio of the image doesn’t match the initial image.

[@tonipareja]

Wow, great video Rachel, I loved your critique and how you designed the new UI. Any tips to make awesome videos like the one you did in the end? 😄

[@rachelhow]

Thanks so much! To do the showcase video in the end, I prototyped it in Figma, then I use Rotato for the cool animations. I reached out to the Rotato team and got a 25% off promo code. From now till 12 July 2023, go to rotato.app, apply code ‘RACHEL’ when you checkout for 25% off. Btw, it’s one-time payment, no monthly subscription ☺️

[@tonipareja]

@@rachelhow Thanks, it will be worth a try 😄

[@sallyyu1530]

Love seeing the transformation. ❤ For some I don't like option 2 as it makes the view of the rest of the page smaller and harder to see

[@personalquests]

This redesign is fantastic! I'm absolutely in love with it. Would you be kind enough to provide some guidelines regarding the sizing of various elements such as buttons, padding, font size, and anything related to building a UI system?

[@osamaparvin]

Hello Rachel, It was so beautiful Thank you alot❤

[@itslittleplug]

This is such a great redesign! It's so clean and more visual. So inspiring ✨️ P.D.: I vote for the second one!

[@rezlinks]

Hey! Just wanted to appreciate you for creating this type of unique teaching experience, especially the way you speak loud about your thought process. Just simple request: pleaseeee post more content like this🥹🥹🥹🙏

[@angelasamwell]

Wow, that’s so useful! Thank you!

[@HoaNguyen-fb9fz]

Thank you so much, i really like this series ♡♡♡

[@rachelhow]

You're welcome 😊 Thank you for watching too!

[@JohnRaw85]

I really love this, and the idea of the gallery images sticking to the top. But the issue is it takes up close to 30% of the real estate and maybe even more on smaller screens. I was thinking if, as the user scrolls up, the gallery height can also reduce by 10-15%? If the user has decided to scroll down for information, images become secondary priority. Something else which caught my eye was the very less padding between the top of the Book now button and the grey container. Since you spoke about UX writing (and I noticed this on AirBnb), I might be a bit hesitant to click on Book Now - does it take me to payment page, summary? Also maybe the 'See all amenities' CTA can be text only or outline, since it seems to be on the same hierarchy of the 'Contact Customer support'. CTA. But overall a great refresh of the UI!

[@Tsonbeats]

I like the first version of CTA (bg blue, rounded, sticky and buoyant) with option 1

[@hannasavostianova7155]

Like this kind of videos :) And you have eye-pleasant minimalistic interior:) IMHO first option is better because if user starts scrollin it means that he/she is interesed into the text/trending features, rules and so on, so I would give to the text part at least 80% of the screen, but certainly not 50%.

[@rachelhow]

Thanks for the tips! That makes a lot of sense. :)

[@evandromatt]

AWESOME!! Greetings from Brazil

[@rachelhow]

Hello there! Thanks for watching:)

[@senamenes883]

it's very clean and modern

[@dave3k]

Great work, I’d love to learn how you put together the presentation at the end

[@rachelhow]

Thanks for watching! To do the showcase video, I prototyped it in Figma, then I use Rotato for the cool animations. I reached out to the Rotato team and got a 25% off promo code. From now till 12 July 2023, go to rotato.app, apply code ‘RACHEL’ when you checkout for 25% off. Btw, it’s one-time payment, no monthly subscription ☺️