Design Essentials for Developers
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Design Essentials for Developers Improving understanding, communication and collaboration
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Design Essentials for Developers. Improving understanding, communication and collaboration. Michael Salamon Lead Experience Architect EffectiveUI @michael_salamon [email protected]. Why hello there. RJ Owen Senior Software Architect EffectiveUI @rjowen - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Design Essentials for DevelopersImproving understanding, communication and collaboration
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.
Why hello there.
RJ OwenSenior Software [email protected]@effectiveui.com
Michael SalamonLead Experience ArchitectEffectiveUI@[email protected]
Tweeting our session?Use the hashtag: #effectiveui
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Who are you?
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Design Essentials for Developers
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A common language
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Developers do design already...
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What we’re going to fit in today:
DesignResearch
InteractionDesign
Graphic
Design
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Making intent visible and emotional.
DesignResearch
InteractionDesign
Graphic
Design
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“Effective use of the Language of Form”
– Paul Rand
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc.Images from “Paul Rand Retrospective” by Imaginary Forces.
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More than the sum of it’s parts.
© 2011 EffectiveUI, Inc. Emergence image from Wikipedia.
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Exposing intent through actions and feedback.
DesignResearch
InteractionDesign
Graphic
Design
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Image from http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5115934573_6701948ed2.jpg
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(Don Norman’s) Design Vocabulary
VisibilityAffordancesFeedbackMappingConstraintConsistency
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Visibility
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Affordance
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Feedback
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Mapping
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/181012863/
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Constraints(preventing errors before they can occur)
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Consistency(in the way visual objects are used)
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Interactive elements should be visible, recognizable, reactive (feedback), safe, and consistent.
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Defining, validating, and auditing an application’s intent.
DesignResearch
InteractionDesign
Graphic
Design
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What is design research?
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Research and the design process
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Research and the development process
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1. Analyze the design, you expert you.
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2. Validate your hunches with quick user interviews.
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How many people to interview?
Jakob Nielsen: http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_evaluation.html
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Who to interview?
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/
http://www.kenrockwell.com/katie/2008.htm
http://wingstoafrica.com/mali-pictures-part-2.html
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What to say? Where to go?
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Demo
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Analyze your results.Turn your results into findings.Summarize the findings in terms of a set of agreed-upon design heuristics.
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In Conclusion…
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Don’t disrespect your designers.
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Do appreciate beautiful design: graphic, interactive, and otherwise.
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Do validate hunches, and validate those with quick user interviews.
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Don’t useComic Sans
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DON’T USEYELLOW ON
WHITE
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DON’T USEALL CAPS
WITH SCRIPTS
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Don’t put Drop Shadows on EVERYTHING
Don’t put Drop Shadows on EVERYTHING
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Don’t make the logo bigger.
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Do feel empowered to design!
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Thanks!(any questions?)
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But you don’t have to take our word for it…
•Jakob Nielsen– Ten Usability Heuristics: http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html– Heuristic Evaluation: http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_evaluation.html
• Bill Buxton: Sketching User Experience Design• Donald Norman: The Design of Everyday Things• William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler: Universal Principles of Design• Robin Williams: The non-designers design book• Mental Modeling by Indi Young• Re-imagining the Design of Everyday Things (slideshare) • Stephen Few: Information Dashboard Design - The Effective Visual Communication of Data• Rudolf Arnheim: To the Resuce of Art - Twenty-six Essays
• http://www.slideshare.net/EveFife/humancentered-design-and-the-intersection-of-the-physical-and-digital-worlds?from=ss_embed
• http://imaginaryforces.com/featured/3/415
