Open Source Needs Design

My talk for All Things Open.

My notes. https://gist.github.com/GarthDB/54035d5f4abd7ceb9d57

Transcript

1. needs OPEN SOURCE DESIGN
12. DIY Design
13. Design?
14. Design? • User Experience (UX)
15. Design? • User Experience (UX) • Information Architecture (IA)
16. Design? • User Experience (UX) • Information Architecture (IA) • Interaction (IxD)
17. Design? • User Experience (UX) • Information Architecture (IA) • Interaction (IxD) • Visual (UI)
18. User Experience
19. User Experience • Primary Purpose: Understand the user, their needs, and help make it easy for them to accomplish their task.
20. User Experience • Primary Purpose: Understand the user, their needs, and help make it easy for them to accomplish their task. • Work
21. User Experience • Primary Purpose: Understand the user, their needs, and help make it easy for them to accomplish their task. • Work • Research, User Interviews, etc.
22. User Experience • Primary Purpose: Understand the user, their needs, and help make it easy for them to accomplish their task. • Work • Research, User Interviews, etc. • Deliverables
23. User Experience • Primary Purpose: Understand the user, their needs, and help make it easy for them to accomplish their task. • Work • Research, User Interviews, etc. • Deliverables • Personas, Flows, Wireframes, Prototypes
24. Personas
25. Personas • Definition: A persona is a user-archetype, a fictional representation of target users designers and developers can use to help guide decisions about product, features, navigation, visual design.
26. Personas • Definition: A persona is a user-archetype, a fictional representation of target users designers and developers can use to help guide decisions about product, features, navigation, visual design. • Goals:
27. Personas • Definition: A persona is a user-archetype, a fictional representation of target users designers and developers can use to help guide decisions about product, features, navigation, visual design. • Goals: • Establish the user (primary) for the product
28. Personas • Definition: A persona is a user-archetype, a fictional representation of target users designers and developers can use to help guide decisions about product, features, navigation, visual design. • Goals: • Establish the user (primary) for the product • Help clients/designers/developers to separate themselves from the project
29. Personas
30. Flows
31. Flows • Definition: A visual hierarchy for navigation, website organization, and use cases.
32. Flows • Definition: A visual hierarchy for navigation, website organization, and use cases. • Goals:
33. Flows • Definition: A visual hierarchy for navigation, website organization, and use cases. • Goals: • Organize priorities (mobile first)
34. Flows • Definition: A visual hierarchy for navigation, website organization, and use cases. • Goals: • Organize priorities (mobile first) • Simplify (in existing projects)
35. Flows • Definition: A visual hierarchy for navigation, website organization, and use cases. • Goals: • Organize priorities (mobile first) • Simplify (in existing projects) • Establish Navigation (holy temple)
36. Flows
37. Wireframes
38. Wireframes • Definition: A basic visual guide used in interface design to suggest the structure of a website and relationships between its pages. A webpage wireframe is a similar illustration of the layout of fundamental elements in the interface.
39. Wireframes • Definition: A basic visual guide used in interface design to suggest the structure of a website and relationships between its pages. A webpage wireframe is a similar illustration of the layout of fundamental elements in the interface. • Goals
40. Wireframes • Definition: A basic visual guide used in interface design to suggest the structure of a website and relationships between its pages. A webpage wireframe is a similar illustration of the layout of fundamental elements in the interface. • Goals • Information Hierarchy
41. Wireframes • Definition: A basic visual guide used in interface design to suggest the structure of a website and relationships between its pages. A webpage wireframe is a similar illustration of the layout of fundamental elements in the interface. • Goals • Information Hierarchy • Preliminary Layout (respect the visual/interface designer)
42. Wireframes • Definition: A basic visual guide used in interface design to suggest the structure of a website and relationships between its pages. A webpage wireframe is a similar illustration of the layout of fundamental elements in the interface. • Goals • Information Hierarchy • Preliminary Layout (respect the visual/interface designer) • Initial testable product
43. Wireframes
44. Prototypes
45. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers.
46. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers. • Goals
47. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers. • Goals • Client Sign Off
48. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers. • Goals • Client Sign Off • Communication to Developer
49. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers. • Goals • Client Sign Off • Communication to Developer • Usability Study
50. Prototypes
51. Visual Design
52. Visual Design • Primary Purpose: communication, stylizing, and problem-solving through the use of type, space, and image
53. Visual Design • Primary Purpose: communication, stylizing, and problem-solving through the use of type, space, and image • Work
54. Visual Design • Primary Purpose: communication, stylizing, and problem-solving through the use of type, space, and image • Work • Visual Research
55. Visual Design • Primary Purpose: communication, stylizing, and problem-solving through the use of type, space, and image • Work • Visual Research • Deliverables
56. Visual Design • Primary Purpose: communication, stylizing, and problem-solving through the use of type, space, and image • Work • Visual Research • Deliverables • Mood Board, StyleTile, Comps, Prototypes
57. Mood Board
58. Mood Board • Definition: a type of collage that may consist of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition of the choice of the mood board creator.
59. Mood Board • Definition: a type of collage that may consist of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition of the choice of the mood board creator. • Goals
60. Mood Board • Definition: a type of collage that may consist of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition of the choice of the mood board creator. • Goals • Quick iteration
61. Mood Board • Definition: a type of collage that may consist of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition of the choice of the mood board creator. • Goals • Quick iteration • Determine overarching mood/feeling of visual design
62. Mood Board We Review Utah Moodboard
63. Style Tiles
64. Style Tiles • Definition: slightly more defined and structured mood board that shows elements in a context similar to the end product.
65. Style Tiles • Definition: slightly more defined and structured mood board that shows elements in a context similar to the end product. • Goals
66. Style Tiles • Definition: slightly more defined and structured mood board that shows elements in a context similar to the end product. • Goals • Form common language
67. Style Tiles • Definition: slightly more defined and structured mood board that shows elements in a context similar to the end product. • Goals • Form common language • Design + context
68. Style Tiles Style Tile variation A Possible Colors Textures Inspiration Font: 8Bit Wonder #7D2820 Font: 8Bit Wonder #FC5241 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobor- tis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel feugait nulla facilisi. Font: Lucida Grande #333333 This is an example of a Text link » Adjectives Niche Fanatic Expert Novel Loyal Clever http://www.thinkgeek.com Redesign by @garthdb
69. Comps
70. Comps • Definition: Visual compositions are the deliverable that is as close as possible to the final visual design.
71. Comps • Definition: Visual compositions are the deliverable that is as close as possible to the final visual design. • Goals
72. Comps • Definition: Visual compositions are the deliverable that is as close as possible to the final visual design. • Goals • Define UI elements and layout
73. Comps • Definition: Visual compositions are the deliverable that is as close as possible to the final visual design. • Goals • Define UI elements and layout • Full context
74. Comps
75. Prototypes
76. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers.
77. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers. • Goals
78. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers. • Goals • Client Sign Off
79. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers. • Goals • Client Sign Off • Communication to Developer
80. Prototypes • Definition: An interactive representation of an application design created for testing and communication to clients and developers. • Goals • Client Sign Off • Communication to Developer • Usability Study
81. Prototypes
82. Interaction Design
83. Interaction Design • Primary Purpose: Leveraging motion to better communicate the flow of a user’s task
84. Interaction Design • Primary Purpose: Leveraging motion to better communicate the flow of a user’s task • Work
85. Interaction Design • Primary Purpose: Leveraging motion to better communicate the flow of a user’s task • Work • Animation
86. Interaction Design • Primary Purpose: Leveraging motion to better communicate the flow of a user’s task • Work • Animation • Deliverables
87. Interaction Design • Primary Purpose: Leveraging motion to better communicate the flow of a user’s task • Work • Animation • Deliverables • Interaction Animations, Prototypes
88. Prototypes
89. Workflow A bit of a perfect world example
90. You can do it.
91. Thank you.