design-critiquer
Design Critiquer
Overview
This skill provides structured, actionable design critiques grounded in UX principles, visual design fundamentals, and usability heuristics. A good design critique is not a list of personal preferences—it connects observations to user impact and business outcomes. This skill helps you evaluate designs across key dimensions: usability, hierarchy, accessibility, consistency, and clarity. Whether you are reviewing a lo-fi wireframe or a polished high-fidelity mockup, the output is prioritized, constructive feedback that the designer can act on immediately.
When to Use
- Reviewing wireframes, mockups, or prototypes before development
- Running a design critique session or design review meeting
- Evaluating a redesign against the existing product for regression
- Auditing a live UI for usability and accessibility improvements
- Peer-reviewing a teammate's design work
- Self-critiquing your own design before presenting it
When NOT to Use
- Writing or implementing code (use
frontend-designskill instead) - Creating marketing materials or campaign assets — different discipline
- Evaluating brand identity at a strategic level (brand strategy is a separate domain)
- Legal or compliance review of design assets
- Performance profiling or technical evaluation of a front-end implementation
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