Create wireframes that work for you
In this excerpt from The Web Designer's Roadmap, Giovanni DiFeterici discusses the role wireframing plays in design, and how to create a wireframe that suits your own needs. Once all the planning for a site is done and the initial thoughts have been hashed out, we must start putting together concrete ideas for design and structure. (more…)
Using Questionnaires for Design Research
In this article, I share a bunch of tips and practical advice on how to write and use your own surveys for design research. I’m an audience researcher – I’m not a designer or developer. I’ve spent much of the last thirteen years working with audience data both in creative agencies and on the client-side. (more…)
Zen and the Art of UX Design
I know you want to dig out your pencils and start sketching, but first take a minute to deconstruct and articulate the problem. Taking a while to define five or six core principles of your desired experience will make your sketching go smoother, and will give it focus. (more…)
How & Why to Use Illustration In Web Design
We know that most people make a judgment about your website in just 10 seconds. The average adult can only read about 50 words in 10 seconds, so photos (or illustration or any other imagery) end up playing a much bigger role than your on-page text or mission statement in determining whether or not visitors will stick around! As Susan noted in her post on logo redesign, your website is the face of your company. (more…)
Design Mistakes We Made in Our iPhone App
Getting things wrong is inevitable when designing a complex user experience like a mobile app. That’s especially true when you’ve never done it before. As logical as your wireframes may seem, or as beautiful as your mock-ups may look, some of your designs are going to fail when you put them in front of customers. (more…)
Stop chasing screen resolutions
We live in such an exciting time in the world of the web. Technology and standards are moving forward at a rate that’s perhaps both faster and more exciting than ever. As things change, so do our habits, and one area that I think has seen bigger changes than most would have to be the change in resolutions that our devices are now running. (more…)
8 Ways To Design A Beautiful, Useful App, From The Co-Founder Of Instagram
Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger recently spoke at a 500Startups event. He shared eight ways to design a beautiful, functional app. Here are his tips via The Next Web's Ken Yeung, who was there taking notes... (more…)