What are Mind Maps?
A Mind Map is a visual thinking tool in a tree structure with the main topic in the center, its potential solutions connected to that topic, and later subdivisions of these solutions connected to each solution. A mind map helps generate ideas and develop a concept when the relationship among many pieces of related information is unclear. Mind Maps are the most simplistic and thus straightforward kind of mapping. They have a clear hierarchy and format, making them pretty quick to create and consume.
The primary job of a Mind Map is to enable the designer to cover all the nonlinear thinking processes. We as designers generally think linearly, whenever we design something we think everything good about our design and the positive feedback past users had while interacting with our product but sometimes we miss some of the edge cases, this is where mind mapping helps us to think about when the user is interacting with your product how they think? And what are the things or what are the areas we need to take care of whenever we are designing a website or an application?
Mind Map in UI/UX Design
Understanding a problem is halfway through solving a problem and the same happens in design as well, understanding a problem completely is the most crucial part for coming up with potential solutions, and in design, we have a very simple tool to not only understand the problem but also come up with potential solutions. A Mind Map is a visual thinking tool in a tree structure with the main topic in the center, its potential solutions connected to that topic, and later subdivisions of these solutions connected to each solution. In this article, we will discuss what Mind Maps are. how to design Mind Maps and why they matter.