Post on 21-Sep-2014
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for Designing Visually Engaging Slides
10 RULESAndi Galpern, Product Designer@andigalpernI throw events for @cascadesf
Good designbuilds trust.
Food for thought:
Rule #1 Understand Your
Audience.
Rule #1: Understand Your Audience
Who are these people?
Rule #2 Choose legible
typefaces.
Sans Serif
serif.easy to read
used for large blocks of copy
Serifs were created to makeit easier to read large paragraphs of information. This sentence would be more difficult to read, had it been designed with a sans-serif typeface. Illustration Source: http://www.thepixelboutique.com/
Rule #2: Choose a legible typeface.
Rule #2: Choose legible typefaces.
Garamond
Baskerville
Helvetica NeueProxima Nova
Antique Olive
Sabon
Futura
Rule #3 Contrast is your new
best friend.
Make it obvious with contrast.
(not really obvious… but ok.)
Make it obvious with contrast.
Rule #4 Use high-quality
images.
Whoa! This is pretty!
You never know what you are going to get on stock
photo sites.
Rule #4: Use high-quality images
Rule #4: Use high-quality images
Stock Xchnghttp://www.sxc.hu
Flickr Creative Commonshttp://www.flickr.com/
creativecommons/
Free Stock Photography
Rule #4: Use high-quality images
Rule #5 Use short
blocks of copy.
Nobody wants to read a giant run-on-sentence filled with endless copy where we often wonder, what is the point of this slide and we have to dissect the message because it’s not obvious. blah blah blah.
Rule #5: Use short blocks of copy
Make information easy to digest.
Rule #5: Use short blocks of copy
• Keep it short and simple. • Use columns. • Get to the point.
Rule #6 Define Your
Color Scheme.
Rule #6: Define your color scheme
Rule #6: Define your color scheme
Rule #7 Use simple
animations and transitions.
Rule #6: Use simple animations and transitions
Let’s makeeverybody dizzy!
Rule #6: Use simple animations and transitions
Rule #6: Use simple animations and transitions
Weeeeeee!!!!!
Rule #6: Use simple animations and transitions
Rule #6: Use simple animations and transitions
WHOAAA!!!!
Rule #6: Use simple animations and transitions
Rule #8 Organize information
visually.
Rule #8: Organize information visually
Rule #8: Organize information visually
Rule #9 Do not read your
slides.
Rule #10 Showcase your
personality.
Andi Galpern, Product Designer, @andigalpernI throw events for @cascadesf