image info: "how keys work", via tweet from @Cennydd
How do you design an interface which is not only easy to use, works well across all screens and is aesthetically appealing as well?
Like a key to open a lock, your UI needs to give access to the content without bothering the user with the complexities which might lie beneath :)
case study links
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Task
Take a look at the interface of prevue.it - a lovely free
concept sharing app by @buzzusborne. Sign up for an account and take a moment study the interface. Sketch out a few alternatives to the current UI in your team to share with the class for feedback.
useful reading and inspiration
- User Interface Design Principles for Web Applications
(old yet still useful) by @aral - Does Form Follow Function?
by @vangogh - 5 Principles of User-Centered Interface Design
by Adrian Jones - Emotional Interface Design: The Gateway to Passionate Users by @aaron for Team Treehouse
- Sketching A New Mobile Web by @dkardys for smashing magazine
- Using Sketchboards to design great User Interfaces quickly by James Downes for BOX
- pattern tap
- web & patterns
- Little Big details “YOUR DAILY DOSE OF UI INSPIRATION”
- Learning to Love Humans: Emotional Interface Design, Aarron Walter
Robbie Manson: The Mindful Designer from New Adventures on Vimeo.
New Adventures, 19th January 2012
We face a challenge: to ensure our design responses are informed more by our thinking than the tools we use. Absorbed by day-to-day execution, we can forget the importance of mistakes and accidents — of balancing intent with experimentation. Failure is valuable, provided we're mindful of why. Embrace the unpredictable nature of everything, and stay mindful. It's how we lace our actions with meaning.
Cover photo: Rick Nunn.
Slides: http://bit.ly/robbie-slides