Small/Informal Design/Tech Talk

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Design

PracticalDesign Hacks

Don’t Use Black#000000

#31210d

Use#111111

Design GrayscaleAdd Color After

Fonts

One Typefacewith Varied Styles

TRY

Aller Regular + Aller Regular + Aller Light

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Aller Regular + Aller Regular + Aller Light

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Layout

Align controls to minimize number of margins.

Space is an Object Too

Vertical Rhythm

„The label should be from one to three words only,

and it should be entered on one line.“

Repeat Elements to Unify a Design

= Consistency

Freebies

Search: PSD + UI

dribbble.com

Colors

www.ColorLovers.com

One Call to Action

Not Easy?Prioritize!

FirstImpression

www.fotolia.com

icons

Borrow Some Fame

Imagine Your User

Consider one-handedusers

Design for short bursts of activity

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Winston Churchill