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”…
Category: Practical Matters
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…
Timeless, not faddish
This is totally from the the Paul Rand school of thought, as well as many other leading (and legendary) designers like Eames: Designers should leverage timeless principles (of form, content,…
It’s not enough to have an idea
You gotta mentally work through that idea towards implementation, carefully assessing the consequences for other members of the team (dev, design, QA, doc, PM, etc.) and overall impact on the…