Product Design for Startups

Design feedback 101

How designers give and receive honest, helpful design critique.

Sam Pierce Lolla

Do you ever look back on your old work and cringe? It’s easy to see your mistakes after some time has passed — you’re not as immersed in the work.

If you want to get great advice without waiting a few months, the best way is getting feedback from other people.

Critique is the engine of healthy design work. It’s really a magical tool. If you get good critique, your work will almost always be good!

Most junior designers avoid critique for the same reason they avoid usability testing: it’s hard to ask for someone’s time, and criticism can hurt to hear.

But critiquing well — and receiving critique well — is possible. It just doesn’t happen without practice.

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