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It's Not You It's Us: How design reviews can make you better at visual design

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TCUK 2012 presentation by Matt Pierce. This presentation is about how you can use design reviews to get better design. It lays out several ground rules, and then covers a few basics of design (CRAP). It is worth noting that with this presentation we did several exercises that involved participants practicing giving feedback.

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It’s not you, it’s usHow design reviews can make you better at visual design

Matt [email protected]

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Where are we going?

“Hamster Wheel” symbol by Olivier Guin, from thenounproject.com collection

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Technology

Activity

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Point out Details

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Ask Questions

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Give Reasons

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Be Clear

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2 People review

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Not About them (Or You)

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Help them Ship

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Point out Details

Ask Questions

Give Reasons

Be Clear

2 People review

Not About them (Or You)

Help them Ship

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Technology

Revise based on feedback

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Proximity

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Size

Elimination

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Technology

Revise based on feedback

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Resources! • Clean Up Your Mess: A Guide to Visual Design for Everyone

http://www.visualmess.com/index.htm l

• The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world's visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way. http://thenounproject.com

• Practical Guidelines for Visual Design http://www.educ.kent.edu/community/vlo/guidlines/index.html (It’s not the prettiest site, but concepts are good)

• Learning to design PowerPoints like a badass http://www.slideshare.net/ginabainesholder/learning-to-design-powerpoints-like-a-badass

• Design Criticism and the Creative Process http://www.alistapart.com/articles/design-criticism-creative-process/

• Fonts http://www.dafont.com/

• Blah, Blah, Blah & Back of the Napkin http://www.danroam.com/

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From the Noun Project:

• “Cursor” P.J. Onori,• “Question” Henry Ryder • “Person” Antonis Makriyannis • “Brain” Arjun Adamson • “Alert” Dima Yagnyuk• “Box” Martin Karachorov • “Bomb” 42• “Ruler” Zbigniew Flakus• “Robot” Kenneth Appiah • “Sasquatch” Mike Wirth