Conducting design critiques for user interfaces (UIs) need to be performed throughout the entire product design and development process to keep the product design on track.

They are also useful in an interactive agile and lean UX product environment, where designs go through multiple iterations before employment. The best example is the design critiques conducted every week at the 1Cademy UI Design weekly meetings.

Running a UI design critique is a challenge, requiring you not only to explain decisions, but also to listen carefully to other ideas.

Start by setting specific principles and providing everyone with a clear understanding of the intention of the design being critiqued.

The following concept nodes breakdown a few standard principles that maybe applied to any design critique as well as those that need to be applied specifically to a UI Critique.