Fehmi Özüseven

Page transitions from my next portfolio template, Typop.

If you don’t have the opportunity to do user testing, it becomes very easy to miss the things that actually matter when you approach your work only as a designer. When that happens, take a break. Drop the “designer” mindset and come back as a real user. That’s when you start noticing the friction, confusion, and small details that were invisible before.

Empathy alone isn’t enough. You have to become one of your users if you truly want to understand their real problems and needs. Otherwise, you’ll just keep making assumptions and moving forward with blind spots.

A demonstration of the hover effect from my template, Mini.