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The World’s Best Teaching Design Job. The World’s Best Teaching Design Job
The Power of White Space in Design. White space (negative space) is the area between design elements. It's another tool for designers to design for the user experience (UX). Remember that white space is not necessarily white;
Dressing Up Your UI with Colors That Fit. Color is a powerful tool for you. Choosing a color scheme for a website is especially important for branding, as research has shown. Take a company like DHL, which uses yellow (believed to reflect hap
Recalling Color Theory Keywords: a way to refresh your memories!. Color is clearly an important part of a design’s aesthetic appeal. Basing your color palette on one of the existing color schemes can make it easier to strike the right balance from the start.
The Law of Similarity - Gestalt Principles (Part 1). Gestalt is a German word that carries a lot of importance, especially for us as designers. Its principles can show just how much this little word encompasses!
Laws of Proximity, Uniform Connectedness, and Continuation – Gestalt Principles (Part 2). Examine the Law of Proximity (another Gestalt principle) which is especially useful as it deals with how our eyes and brains draw connections with design images.
The Laws of Figure/Ground, Prägnanz, Closure, and Common Fate - Gestalt Principles (Part 3). Having a good grasp of these laws will enhance your ability to design with more thoughtfulness. Be confident that you’re making the best use of human tendencies!
Symmetry vs. Asymmetry - Recalling basic design principles. Designers often employ symmetry and asymmetry in web and app design to organize content and to provide a user-friendly interface. We can use symmetry and asymmetry as tools to achieve balance and harm
Emphasis: Setting up the focal point of your design. Emphasis is a strategy that aims to draw the viewer’s attention to a specific design element.
The Golden Ratio - Principles of form and layout. The golden ratio, which philosophers, mathematicians, architects, artists, and designers have employed for over two thousand years, is fundamental to both designers and users. Designs such as the Peps
Repetition, Pattern, and Rhythm. As a designer, you have three types of repetition: Repetition, Patterns, Rhythm
Fitts’ Law: Tracking users’ clicks. If you’ve followed all this so far, you’re probably thinking, well… that means “bigger is better” right? Actually, no: this is a law about usability. While “so tiny I can’t see it” is clearly not
The Grid System: Building a Solid Design Layout. A basic understanding of layout grids
Hick’s Law: Making the choice easier for users. Use Hick’s Law to examine how many functions you should offer at any part of your website & how this will affect your users’ overall approach to decision making.
Aesthetics and form need to hold hands. People are attracted to beauty. Attractiveness bias accounts for this systematic pattern of deviation.
Horror Vacui: The Fear of Emptiness. Horror vacui is the fear of emptiness. An age-old concept, evidence of this fear is visible throughout history, in busy, element-saturated work of past masters of the brush and canvas.
Occam’s Razor: The simplest solution is always the best. Occam’s Razor is a problem-solving principle arguing that simplicity is better than complexity. Here's how you can apply this principle in UX design.
Visual Hierarchy: Organizing content to follow natural eye movement patterns. Explore a topic that deals with how we look at designs. Understand how the human eye processes them, and find yourself better able to arrange your elements.
Accessibility: Usability for all. Examine a topic we take for granted to understand what it’s all about. By doing so, you’ll be able to proceed with an appreciation of how users engage your designs.
Adaptive vs. Responsive Design. The differences between responsive and adaptive design approaches spotlight important options for us as web and app designers. Choosing with insight can empower you to plan and execute your designs.
Consistency: MORE than what you think. Let’s examine a subject that has more to it than meets the eye. Applying a deeper appreciation of consistency to your designs will yield precious results, including keeping users happy.
Usability: A part of the User Experience. Learn about the specific nature of usability and use it to both design more effectively, and grow your website’s usership. Make sure it's not overlooked!
Wanted: UX/UI Designer with a love for writing and design education.
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Searching For: 2D Animator with a love for story-telling. The Interaction Design Foundation is searching For: 2D Animator with a love for story-telling
Free E-book Bundle: Agile UX Best Practices.
Wanted: 2D Animator with a love for story-telling. Wanted: 2D Animator with a love for story-telling
UI & UX Designer Salaries: How Much Can I Earn in 2023?. How much does a UI or UX designer earn? Learn how to negotiate your salary based on today’s job market, location, seniority, and role in 2023
What Does a UX Strategist Do?. Considering a career in UX strategy? See our complete guide to what a UX strategist does, from the skills required to day-to-day tasks and more. Read here.
UX Designer Job Descriptions: The Comprehensive Guide. UX Designer job descriptions can be confusing and often differ with each company. Our guide will help you understand what UX job descriptions really mean.