Only real artists ship
Another one of those colorful epigrammatic statements from Steve Jobs, meant to inspire and motivate a development team to fully complete an ambitious project, especially once the “train has left…
Month: February 2007
Invisible gridlines
Grids are of course a common and valuable device for visual designers; much has been written about “the grid” from the standpoint of design criticism, theory, and history. However, it’s…
Exaggerate the differences
Other times, while crafting the visual design of a UI object, you need to exaggerate the difference, to make the object more prominent as opposed to an “accident” or “mistake”…
It’s the cumulative effect
When creating the visual design of a UI object, such as a calendar widget within a form layout, it’s important to consider the cumulative effect of multiple subtle visual cues,…
On labeling UI objects
Coming up with an accurate, memorable name for an object within the interface of an enterprise app (or any product for domain-specific audiences as well) can be a very challenging…