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So, what do you do?
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Design education
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Design skills vs knowledge
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1. To actually do design tasks
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1. To actually do design tasks
2. To better build products
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3 steps to learn design
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1. Look
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2. Listen
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3. Make choices
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1. Look
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if (condition) {
let eg = "foo";
} else {
eg = "bar";
}
Pay a t t e n tion
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let eg;
if (condition) {
eg = "foo";
} else {
eg = "bar";
}
Pay attention
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Pay attention
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Look at what the
experts do
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Start with type
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Proximity
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Proximity
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3 parts to balance
line-height: 1.5;
// 45–75 chars
font-size: 16px;
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https://betterwebtype.com/triangle
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http://method.ac/
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https://betterwebtype.com/font-memory-game
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But what typeface?
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Still can’t see the
difference?
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1. Look
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1. Look
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Accessibility
and usability
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Accessibility
and usability
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⌘F5 or triple-tap
touch ID for
VoiceOver
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2. Listen
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2. Listen to your…
- audience
- designers
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User research & testing
- 1. Find your audience
- 2. Ask questions about their goals
- 3. Listen to what they say and watch
what they do
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5 second test
- 1. Set the scene
- 2. Share a page for 5 seconds
- 3. Ask questions
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5 second test questions
- Who do you think is the intended audience?
- What are the main elements you can recall?
- What is the purpose of the page?
- What is the most important information?
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Heuristic reviews
- 1. Choose heuristics
- 2. Ask 2 experts to review a task or page
- 3. Compare results
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Field visits
- 1. Talk to your users in their environment
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Field visits
- 1. Talk to your users in their environment.
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Usability test
- 1. Set the scene
- 2. Share the task (goal and no clues)
- 3. Repeat 2. as needed
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2. Listen to your…
- audience
- designers
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Turn up the volume
- InVision blog
- UX Design weekly
newsletter
- UI Animation
newsletter
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Turn up the volume
- @NadiehBremer
- @sxywu
- @sarah_edo
- @vlh
- @rachelnabors
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Have coffee with a
designer
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Feedback on
decisions
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Feedback on
decisions
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3. Make conscious
choices
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Personal website
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Pull Request
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README
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Presentation
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Code comment
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- Less is more
- Add whitespace
- Align everything
- Iterate
Practical tips
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Your screenshot tool is a ruler
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Design will never feel easy
—Tracy Osborn
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Design will never feel easy
—Tracy Osborn
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Design what you can…
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Borrow everything else
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Design for coders
- 1. Look: at better design examples
- 2. Listen: to your audience & designers
- 3. Make: conscious choices
DiDoesDigital.com
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Design for Coders
https://DiDoesDigital.com/design-for-coders
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Questions?
Diana MacDonald | @DiDoesDigital
Entypo pictograms
by Daniel Bruce
Iosevka type by Belleve Invis &
Montserrat type by Julieta Ulanovsky