How Designers Create Products People Love! Learn to craft both useful and emotionally resonant products by understanding and loving your users.

Hi Sketcher!

If you have decided to become a Designer, you might want to create a better world. :)
Today we discover the art of creating products that captivate hearts and minds.
In ‘How Designers Create Products People Love!’ article,
we explore how designers think differently, balancing innovation with relevance.

Learn to craft both useful and emotionally resonant products
by understanding and loving your users.

Uncover the secrets behind designs that truly matter to people from companies like Apple!

RAVING FANS APPLE PRODUCTS

1. Think Different

We all have a special day per year, our birthday!
Today, 29th September is actually my Birthday. : )

We want to be unique individuals,
and as creators, we want our work to be recognized.

To do so, we have to find a way to differenciate from the crowd.

Like what Apple’s motto says: Think Different”.
Or “Do not follow the mass and think out of the box to innovate”!

However, remember that:
Yes, we want to be different.

But while it is easy to create something different,
it takes work to create something relevant.
In other words, something that matters to people.

While the market used to be covered by boring IBM computer, Apple came up with colorful Machintoch!
At that time it was a like “rainbow in the middle of a black and white world”.

It was super disruptive at that time.
Since, Apple keep attracting more and more raving fans.

Colorful iMac
Colorful iMac

2. Don’t create “Weird things”. It’s easy/lazy.

To create something different and attract attention, you can create something weird.
It is easy or probably lazy.

We all saw on Tik-Tok some “weirdo” artists creating weirdo art. 

That is cool, sometimes.
But, do you want to be a “weirdo creator” who creates things no one understands or has no real use?

Or do you want to create things that improve people’s life?

When you create a product, ask yourself:

  • What is the purpose?
  • How can I help people?
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Don’t get me wrong.
I am not saying you can’t create weirdo things as a Designers.
You can if it make sense to the users.

Example:
Creating sweets for Kids.
The more weirdo sweets are, the more exciting the experience will probably be!

3. Create both useful and emotional products

As a designer,
we create things that are both useful and emotionally meaningful to the users. 

While an artist takes inspiration from his inner world,
the designer takes his inspiration from the Users’ world.

He understands people’s needs, then, creates for them.

I have been a fan of Apple’s era of f Steve Jobs and Jony Ive.
Their mission of innovative technology at the service of users made Apple successful worldwide.

Steve Jobs and Jony Ive
Steve Jobs and Jony Ive

Their creative journey is truly inspiring for any designer.

Hear Jony Ive talking about Apple’s products.
You can feel the love for its users and products in his voice.
He’s called the Genius Behind Apple’s greatest products.

As the lead designer, he’s genuinely the best marketing representative of Apple.
(Nowadays, Apple under Tim Cook is more like “Think Predictably”. )

Jony Ive’s magical voice for Apple marketing

4. Love People to create meaningful products

Technology is not the number one source of innovation. People are.
No matter how technological or expensive a product is, if nobody can relate to it, it is a fail.

Remember, technology is a tool.

Love people, and you will create products that people will love.
Ask yourself How to better serve them.

The French Designer Philippe Starck said:

Create as you do for your sisters, mothers, or family members.
You create for people who matter to you.
So you will make quality products that have a positive impact on the world. : )

Philippe Starck - Product Designer
Philippe Starck – Product Designer

Create with intention and love for others.

That is how I knew I do not want to be an Artist, but a Designer.

How about you?
What leads you to become a Designer?

Cheers,
Chou-Tac

PS: I just came from my favorite restaurant called “Tomatito”, the fun Tapas bar.
It is our favourite tapas place! And their chef knows how to create flavours people love!

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Hello! I'm Chou-Tac, a Product Designer from France.

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