1. Figure out your ‘why’

Design is a skill that you can learn, but you have to do the proper research to know if it's something you really want to do. A good way to find out if UI/UX Design is something you would want to do is by watching this video.

1. Take a course

I recommend enrolling in an online course to learn the principles & fundamentals of UI/UX design. Refer to this page.

<aside> 💡 From **Saksham Sinha on Quora**

There are a lot of things to learn, grasp and observe as you go along learning the theories of design.

Design is not just about using colors, shapes, making beautiful User Interfaces. You need to understand the business strategies, their needs, user goals to solve their problems, how other products are build through observation.

These are the side but important attributes to learn as you go along learning the basis of UI/UX Design like wireframing, prototyping, creating user journey maps, information architecture, etc.

Learn and practice these skills along as you learn UX Design:

• Learn Observing the surrounding. This will give you inspiration on how different things you interact with solves your problem. Like, labelling “PULL” on a door and providing a handle on it, creates less confusion for the user, whether they need to push or pull the door to open it.
• Learn Active Listening. Try to actively listening to the other person with full focus what they are saying. This will help you to empathize with others and make you solve problems by thinking from user’s perspective.
• Learn Networking. Meeting new people and sharing your journey with them and learning from their experience will make you a better designer. This can even create job opportunities for full time or freelance.
• Learn How Business works. Understanding the business is important as the ultimate goals for us as a designer is that our design should solve user’s problem and make money for the business. Try to understand how other companies approaches to solve the same problem through Competitive Analysis.
• Learn to take Negative feedback Positively. Your designs will be criticized with negative feedback or people will give you suggestions to make changes in first iteration for improvement. It’s your choice how you choose to look this situation. </aside>

1. Learn the tool

• Figma: It is a web-based tool that is free for individuals. Also has a desktop version that you can download on your computer.

1. Build a portfolio

Once you understand the design process well enough, you can start a portfolio. Your portfolio should be comprised of 2-3 case studies. My suggestion is to take an existing poorly designed mobile app & rebuild the product. The steps are as follows:

1. Choose an app you would like to redesign (refer Play Store)
2. Figure out the users’ pain points
3. Research, study, and redesign the app
4. Write about your entire design process

Here is a good example of a UI/UX case study: **Case Study: Perfect Recipes App.** Define your problem, list out the design challenges, explain your research process, design the solution, and state your conclusion.