Designer UI Portfolio
UI/UX Role Interview Preparation Check out this link and this link for the full YouTube videos that I watched to come to these conclusions. So. The semester comes to a close, and this might be the final post! I wanted to leave with ideas of how to move from design thinking into a design career, …
User Testing Reference material: The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman, Chapter 5 Chapter five of The Design of Everyday Things opens up by criticizing the idea of assigning blame to “human error.” Norman claims that workplace accidents, when ruled as “human error,” are never truly the fault of the humans. Sometimes the workers …
I’d like to do a bit of a venture into the relationship between art and design. Something might be designed with all of the best interaction, usability, or functionality on the world, but it will mean little unless paired with aesthetics that users are drawn toward. Anything that can evoke emotions in a user’s perception …
Creativity Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds, Chapters 2 and 4 Chapter 2 leads with a focus on one word: Creativity. Creativity is complex. It is inspiration and a certain fearlessness of unrestrained thought. It is a way of seeing and interpreting the world that is not only unique and stylized to an individual but is also …
How to Give Designers Feedback https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/give-designers-feedback/ For as long as I’ve been in positions of leadership or learning how to do leadership in my education, I’ve heard theories and ideas on how to help make a team better. The idea of the feedback “sandwich”, in which feedback takes the shape of positive feedback then negative …
Design Systems: a ruleset for how to approach creating a style for your website. So, a “ruleset” may not be the right term for this. The three articles that this post discusses focuses on Spacing, Grids, and Layouts; Typography; and Content Strategy. There are no true “rules” for what works and what does not. However, …
An analysis of PayPal’s website and the choice, location, and usage of color. I found PayPal to be incredibly intentional with the colors they use. On this page alone, there’s huge number of colors, though there are only a handful of standout colors. Most importantly: the blue primary color that’s used in the Contact Sales …
Values Source: https://blog.colinbreck.com/understanding-our-core-values-an-exercise-for-individuals-and-teams/ Before I start: I did the exercise. I identified my two core values as Harmony and Efficiency. I’ll explore these a bit later and explain what they mean to me and why. However, I do want to discuss why I disagree with Colin’s sentiment that this exercise is 100% helpful on an …
Color Harmony: Intro to Color Theory Though this section was mostly a primer on color theory concept definitions, one concept that was briefly touched on was the idea of synesthesia. The text mentioned a Wassily Kandinsky, an abstract artist, that heard the sound of musical instruments when he painted. He seemed to associate brighter colors …
Presentation Zen: Fine Art Composition The author of Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds, has much to say on general rules of design that should be followed when developing graphics. Though much of his instruction is regarding slide decks, these principles can easily be followed by any website or user interface designer. Some of the key concepts …