{"id":173,"date":"2008-12-21T22:41:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T05:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2009-01-17T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T18:38:12","slug":"ui-design-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"UI design principles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update:<\/strong> Andrei has recently published a column for Print<\/a> itemizing three pertinent trends for 2009, which incidentally all involve returning to the basics of good software design: visual reductionism, simplifying interactions, and direct manipulation\/feedback\/selection methods. A very nice reminder that what’s “old” is often what’s needed for the “new” to demonstrate experiential value. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A cornerstone of my lectures in class, talks at events like the CodeCamp, and my practice at the studio, is a set of UI design principles<\/a> that shape the crafting of a good interface, and thus a memorable, rewarding user experience. <\/p>\n

These principles are drawn from graphic design, interaction and interface design…and more specifically from a keystone document authored by Andrei Herasimchuk<\/a> at his company, Involution Studios<\/a> (where I was a senior designer for a few client engagements; also Andrei and I co-taught a UI Design class last year). <\/p>\n

I’ve taken much of that content, re-mixed with my own thoughts and perspectives, and created the following PDF– User Interface Design Principles<\/a>— to help other student designers, and those new to the field get a better grasp of what’s involved in a good digital product UI. <\/p>\n

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Click the image to download the PDF<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update: Andrei has recently published a column for Print itemizing three pertinent trends for 2009, which incidentally all involve returning to the basics of good software design: visual reductionism, simplifying interactions, and direct manipulation\/feedback\/selection methods. A very nice reminder that what’s “old” is often what’s needed for the “new” to demonstrate experiential value. A cornerstone … Continue reading “UI design principles”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}