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Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
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Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding.
Don Norman • The Design Of Everyday Things
For example, new design features or elements that excite designers are often never used or even noticed by people who interact with the design. In many cases, such features and elements increase the design’s interaction costs by adding complexity to the system.
Kritina Holden • Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
There are four characteristics of accessible designs: perceptibility, operability, simplicity, and forgiveness.2
Kritina Holden • Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
I find that it’s in this search for aesthetic satisfaction that so many of the best lessons are found. I’m not talking about ornamentation or bells and whistles. I’m taking about the beauty of the four Cs: Clarity, cohesion, consistency, and conciseness.
The Vignelli Canon
An exploration of the semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic aspects of design, and the principles that guide the work of Massimo Vignelli.
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