UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt2-Navigation

Welcome back in the next post from UI design series focused on creating great user interfaces with ten, sometimes simple, steps. In the previous part we explored the first step to create great UI design that is by creating a story. In a quick, options we went through were using real images, using a mascot… Continue reading UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt2-Navigation

UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt1-Story

UI design is one way, we designers, are in direct contact with their users. Thanks to this, we have a huge opportunity and responsibility to give them our best by creating great user interfaces. Various metrics can be used to measure the quality and clarity of user interface and some of them might contradict with… Continue reading UI design – 10 steps for great user interfaces Pt1-Story

Typeface and its anatomy

Typography is not just about playing with various fonts on Google Fonts or Adobe Typekit. Every typeface and its characters have specific anatomy composing of an array of attributes and forms that are described through a variety of different terms. This is very much the same thing as the different names for every part of… Continue reading Typeface and its anatomy

Business of the design

Design is a very hard and competitive business. I know I don’t have to tell you this. You don’t only have to create stunning and creative work for your clients, you also have to find them first. If you are working in an agency or for a company, the rules are a bit different. Still,… Continue reading Business of the design

Personas: Crafting Great User Experience

Designer use many tools to perfect their design process and to increase the quality of their work. One of these tools are personas. In this post, I want to share with you information about this approach to design and give you executable instructions to include personas into your workflow. You will learn about its history,… Continue reading Personas: Crafting Great User Experience

Progressive enhancement in depth

In web design and development there are two terms you should be familiar with. First is graceful degradation. The second is progressive enhancement. These two are like yin and yang or water and fire. The cannot coexist next to each other. You can choose the first or the second one and I hope this post… Continue reading Progressive enhancement in depth