UX Design Process Infographic in Pastel Editorial Style

Educational infographic poster titled "UX Design Process Infographic" in portrait layout, designed for a general audience, with sharp readable text labels in clean sans-serif typography. Create a detailed 9-step technology/design workflow infographic about UX, with clearly numbered labels, short captions, and connecting arrows flowing top-to-bottom in a zigzag vertical sequence. Use modern flat illustration, pastel soft mint & peach palette with soft cream background, muted teal accents, light coral highlights, rounded panels, subtle grid structure, friendly professional mood. Include magazine-grade editorial illustration, vector-clean lines, no photographic textures.

1. heading: "1. User Research"; caption: "Gather insights from interviews, surveys, and observation."; visual: bold numbered circle, clipboard with survey checkboxes, magnifying glass over chat bubbles, small bar-chart card, and dotted notes.
2. heading: "2. Define Goals"; caption: "Turn findings into user needs, problems, and success criteria."; visual: target icon with concentric rings, sticky notes grouped into themes, a small problem statement card, and a funnel diagram narrowing insights.
3. heading: "3. User Personas"; caption: "Summarize key audience types, behaviors, and motivations."; visual: three generic avatar cards without identifiable people, each with mini icons for goals, pain points, and device usage, plus label tags.
4. heading: "4. User Journey"; caption: "Map each step users take and where friction appears."; visual: horizontal journey path with touchpoints, emotion curve line, smartphone and laptop icons, and warning markers at pain points.
5. heading: "5. Information Architecture"; caption: "Organize content into clear categories and navigation paths."; visual: sitemap tree diagram with connected boxes, folder icons, menu tabs, and branching arrows showing hierarchy.
6. heading: "6. Wireframes"; caption: "Sketch page layouts to test structure before visual styling."; visual: grayscale-style flat wireframe screens with boxes for header, image, text, buttons, and side navigation, plus ruler guides.
7. heading: "7. Prototype"; caption: "Link screens into an interactive flow for realistic testing."; visual: multiple app and web screens connected by arrows, tap hotspots, cursor icon, and transition indicators between frames.
8. heading: "8. Usability Testing"; caption: "Check whether people can complete tasks easily and clearly."; visual: checklist panel with task completion icons, stopwatch, bug markers, satisfaction meter, and arrows pointing back to earlier steps.
9. heading: "9. Iterate & Launch"; caption: "Refine the experience and release an improved product."; visual: circular refresh arrows around polished final interface screens, rocket launch icon, analytics mini-dashboard, and a checkmark badge.

Show a continuous flow using peach and mint arrows, dotted connector lines, and sequence numbers linking each stage; include a feedback loop arrow from "8. Usability Testing" back to "6. Wireframes" and "7. Prototype". Add a small legend panel with exact labels: "Research", "Structure", "Testing", "Launch" using color-coded chips. Maintain generous spacing, crisp iconography, balanced composition, and readable captions sized for infographic viewing. No brand logos, no copyrighted characters, no identifiable people.

All text MUST be written in English (array). Every heading, label, caption, legend and metric name in the image must be in English — not English. Spell each English word correctly using English characters and diacritics. Numbers stay as digits, no watermarks Render labels and headings in clean English typography (sans-serif). No real-brand logos, no copyrighted characters, no people that could be identified, no graphic medical content. If the topic touches a regulated domain (medicine, finance, law), keep the explanation conceptual and add no specific dosages, prices or legal advice.