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Trust Me, I'm a Designer

Trust Me, I'm a Designer

Jason CranfordTeague

August 17, 2015
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  1. Hooligan Leather Biker Jacket A Face that Frightens Small Children

    And this his son! Widows peak indicates possible vampirism Hipster Facial hair Why would you trust this man?
  2. 20 years of Web design experience Dozens of conference presentations

    for SXSW, HOW, WebVisions… 15 Books & 100s of articles on digital media MS in Tech. Comm. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Clients have included Marriott, AOL, Bank of America, Virgin, Coca-Cola, Aspen Ideas Festival… Why you should trust this man! And his son is an Honors student
  3. “To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable

    we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.  It is as simple as that. —Edward R. Murrow
  4. One Third of 12–15 year olds believe that if a

    search engine lists information then it must be truthful… — Truth, Lies and the Internet Demos.co.uk ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcpl/5104874389
  5. …15 per cent don’t consider the veracity of results but

    just visit the sites they ‘like the look of’. — Truth, Lies and the Internet Demos.co.uk ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! http://www.flickr.com/photos/rcpl/5104874389
  6. IT TAKES MOST PEOPLE .1 SECOND TO INITIALLY DETERMINE WHETHER

    THEY TRUST WHAT THEY ARE SEEING http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/2006/07/velocity-of-trust.cfm
  7. “People think it's this veneer — that the designers are

    handed this box and told, 'Make it look good!' That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. — Steve Jobs
  8. “The promise given was a necessity of the past: the

    word broken is a necessity of the present. — Niccolo Machiavelli FIRST PRINCIPLE KEEP PROMISES
  9. “Words mean more than what is set down on paper.

    It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning. — Maya Angelou THIRD PRINCIPLE KNOW YOUR VOICE
  10. “Always design a thing by considering it in its next

    larger context — a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan. — Eliel Saarinen FOURTH PRINCIPLE RESPECT CONTEXT
  11. “ No man has the right to dictate what other

    men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. — Ansel Adams FIFTH PRINCIPLE GUIDE, DON’T DICTATE
  12. “Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the

    glint of light on broken glass. — Anton Chekhov SEVENTH PRINCIPLE SHOW, THEN TELL
  13. IT TAKES MOST PEOPLE .1 SECOND TO INITIALLY DETERMINE WHETHER

    THEY TRUST WHAT THEY ARE SEEING http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/2006/07/velocity-of-trust.cfm SEVENTH PRINCIPLE SHOW, THEN TELL
  14. “Truth is something which can't be told in a few

    words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning. — Anaïs Nin EIGHTH PRINCIPLE MAKE IT SIMPLE, NOT SIMPLISTIC
  15. EIGHTH PRINCIPLE MAKE IT SIMPLE, NOT SIMPLISTIC DON’T MAKE ME

    THINK!* http://www.netmagazine.com/interviews/steve-krug-diy-usability-testing Steve Krug EIGHTH PRINCIPLE MAKE IT SIMPLE, NOT SIMPLISTIC
  16. EIGHTH PRINCIPLE MAKE IT SIMPLE, NOT SIMPLISTIC DON’T LET ME

    THINK! http://www.flickr.com/photos/mutsmuts/4695658106/ EIGHTH PRINCIPLE MAKE IT SIMPLE, NOT SIMPLISTIC
  17. 10 PRINCIPLES… 1. Keep Promises 2. Show Results 3. Know

    Your Voice 4. Respect Context 5. Transition Changes 6. Guide, Don’t Dictate 7. Show Then Tell 8. Make it Simple, Not Simplistic 9. Don’t be A Pest 10.Always Leave Them Wanting More