Design

[[Creative ideation]] - take the time to build your creative muscles by creating at least 3 variations of something. It...

[[Nothing is original]] - important to realize this as a creator

[[don’t make me think]] - this is what you’re trying to achieve with all your designs.

Visibility of system status Match between system and the real world User control and freedom Consistency and standards Error prevention...

Use the 60-30-10 rule for adding colors to a design.

Don’t rely on color alone to communicate something to the user.

Error prevention

Even better than good error messages is a careful design which prevents a problem from occurring in the first place....

If you have a lot of priorities, you have no priorities. If everything is important, nothing is. If you write...

Nothing is original.

The appearance of scarcity influences our perceived value of something.

The trunk test

Not all users will first access your website via the home page so it’s important to ensure your navigation can...

Affordances

Affordances are visual cues that offer guidance as to how you might use something. This concept is discussed in detail...

completion anxiety

Completion anxiety is that feeling that we’re never really sure when we’ve done enough to call something complete.

We all need constraints in order to operate effectively. They allow us to focus our energy and concentration in the...

Creative ideation

For every idea you have, create at least 3 variations of that idea.

creativity faucet

The creativity faucet is a [[mental models]] for generating ideas.

Follow conventions or standard design patterns. They are established and well-used for a reason.

A user shouldn’t have to think about how something works or how to interact with it.

Dialogues should not contain information which is irrelevant or rarely needed.