GlossaryDesign feedback
Design feedback
Definition
Reactions and change requests on design work, from a client's gut feeling about a homepage to a designer flagging that the build does not match the mockup.
Design feedback is broader than a bug report: it covers taste, brand, hierarchy, and intent. That makes it harder to act on, because "it does not feel right" is not a task. Good design feedback processes push reviewers toward specifics: which element, compared to what, and what outcome they expect.
In client work, design feedback typically arrives in rounds. The teams that keep rounds short share two habits: they collect feedback in one place instead of five channels, and they close each item explicitly so the same remark does not resurface in round three.
