Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Developers Can't Design
Search
Jen Myers
January 13, 2012
Programming
13
1.5k
Developers Can't Design
(And Other Completely Untrue Design Myths)
Jen Myers
January 13, 2012
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Jen Myers
See All by Jen Myers
Listen to Your (and All) Mothers
jenmyers
0
160
Cartoon Creativity
jenmyers
0
220
How To Not Be an Expert
jenmyers
1
250
How to Start Coding from Any Level
jenmyers
0
240
Shepherding Unicorns
jenmyers
2
280
Owning It
jenmyers
0
290
Developers Can't Design (2013)
jenmyers
6
440
How to Not Be an Expert
jenmyers
8
550
Redesigning the Interface
jenmyers
4
790
Other Decks in Programming
See All in Programming
Formの複雑さに立ち向かう
bmthd
1
900
データの整合性を保つ非同期処理アーキテクチャパターン / Async Architecture Patterns
mokuo
53
18k
color-scheme: light dark; を完全に理解する
uhyo
7
470
責務と認知負荷を整える! 抽象レベルを意識した関心の分離
yahiru
8
1.3k
Unity Android XR入門
sakutama_11
0
170
DROBEの生成AI活用事例 with AWS
ippey
0
140
5分で理解する SOLID 原則 #phpcon_nagoya
shogogg
1
280
法律の脱レガシーに学ぶフロントエンド刷新
oguemon
5
740
AI Agent系IDEを使って 開発生産性を爆アゲする
ouchi2501
1
100
JavaScriptツール群「UnJS」を5分で一気に駆け巡る!
k1tikurisu
9
1.8k
XStateを用いた堅牢なReact Components設計~複雑なClient Stateをシンプルに~ @React Tokyo ミートアップ #2
kfurusho
1
950
一休.com のログイン体験を支える技術 〜Web Components x Vue.js 活用事例と最適化について〜
atsumim
0
750
Featured
See All Featured
Dealing with People You Can't Stand - Big Design 2015
cassininazir
366
25k
No one is an island. Learnings from fostering a developers community.
thoeni
21
3.1k
Easily Structure & Communicate Ideas using Wireframe
afnizarnur
193
16k
Building Applications with DynamoDB
mza
93
6.2k
Into the Great Unknown - MozCon
thekraken
35
1.6k
Facilitating Awesome Meetings
lara
52
6.2k
Java REST API Framework Comparison - PWX 2021
mraible
29
8.4k
The Pragmatic Product Professional
lauravandoore
32
6.4k
Site-Speed That Sticks
csswizardry
4
400
Side Projects
sachag
452
42k
Intergalactic Javascript Robots from Outer Space
tanoku
270
27k
Cheating the UX When There Is Nothing More to Optimize - PixelPioneers
stephaniewalter
280
13k
Transcript
DEVELOPERS CAN’T DESIGN AND OTHER COMPLETELY UNTRUE DESIGN MYTHS JEN
MYERS • @ANTIHEROINE • SCOTTISH RUBY CONFERENCE, 30 JUNE 2012
What is design?
“Design is the appropriate combination of materials in order to
solve a problem.” - CHARLES EAMES
“Design is thinking made visual.” - SAUL BASS
“Design is the method of putting form and content together.
Design, just as art, has multiple definitions, there is no single definition.... Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.” - PAUL RAND
What is design? Graphic design Industrial design Interaction design Experience
design Web/interface design
Why should developers care?
Design is teachable. Design is communication.
DESIGN IS DECORATION DESIGN MYTH #1
“It’s not just what it looks like and feels like.
Design is how it works.” - STEVE JOBS
How design works Structure Content Organization Message Functionality
How design works Wireframes Palettes Mood boards Copy Data flows
User testing
DESIGN IS SUBJECTIVE DESIGN MYTH #2
“Like all forms of design, visual design is about problem
solving, not about personal or unsupported opinion.” - BOB BAXLEY
Basic design principles Balance Repetition Proximity Emphasis Unity
BALANCE SYMMETRICAL
BALANCE ASYMMETRICAL
REPETITION COLOR, FONT, SHAPE, LOGO
REPETITION COLOR, FONT, SHAPE, LOGO
EMPHASIS VISUAL DOMINANCE & HIERARCHY
PROXIMITY GROUPING LIKE ELEMENTS
UNITY COHERENCE OF LOOK, FEEL & MESSAGE
Related design concepts Positive/negative space Contrast Typography Color theory Ratios
DESIGN IS SEPARATE FROM DEVELOPMENT DESIGN MYTH #3
“The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather
than each other.” - THOMAS STALLKAMP
No silos Communication Community Design & Dev 4eva Project integration
should code. Designers ...
Jen Myers Relevance
[email protected]
@antiheroine SLIDES: speakerdeck.com/u/jenmyers/p/developers-cant-design