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Session Speaker: Bianca Woods
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I can’t tell you why!
Fixing Common Design Mistakes
UGLY
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Sometimes your gut sucks at telling you what it meansSlide7
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Fix 1 – Avoid tired fonts
Ways to fix this
Get rid of anything your audience doesn’t need
Only leave in what they care aboutSlide45
Typical
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that contains so much content your brain will explodeCupcake ipsum dolor sit. Amet soufflé chocolate bar brownie chocolate bar sesame snaps gummi bears caramels gingerbread. Sweet roll halvah cheesecake cake jelly-o. Marshmallow jelly-o pastry sweet carrot cake tiramisu donut. Jelly gummies marshmallow gummies gummies. Cotton candy lollipop danish marshmallow danish dessert. Topping halvah croissant pudding apple pie soufflé topping candy canes jelly-o. Apple pie macaroon soufflé. Gummies ice cream halvah chupa chups gummies dragée lollipop. Pudding apple pie tart toffee.
Danish dessert sweet roll cake liquorice tart.Chocolate cake chocolate bar lemon drops danish brownie. Icing liquorice oat cake. Chocolate halvah cupcake cheesecake lemon drops. Marzipan ice cream soufflé pudding sugar plum marshmallow pudding gummies jelly. Tiramisu marshmallow donut jelly beans bear claw chocolate pudding gummies croissant.
Carrot cake gummi bears brownie icing cake fruitcake biscuit. Jelly pie caramels jelly lemon drops tootsie roll cake fruitcake topping. Ice cream ice cream danish tootsie roll jelly fruitcake sweet roll croissant. Marzipan gingerbread sugar plum apple pie. Slide46
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Use graphics to explain things fasterAt the end of our study out of all the people we surveyed, only fifteen out of fifty preferred to eat any kind of pie for dessert.
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Amet soufflé chocolate bar brownie chocolate bar sesame snaps gummi bears caramels gingerbread. Sweet roll halvah cheesecake cake jelly-o. Marshmallow jelly-o pastry sweet carrot cake tiramisu donut. Jelly gummies marshmallow gummies gummies. Cotton candy lollipop danish marshmallow danish dessert. Topping halvah croissant pudding apple pie soufflé topping candy canes jelly-o. Apple pie macaroon soufflé. Gummies ice cream halvah chupa chups gummies dragée lollipop. Pudding apple pie tart toffee. Danish dessert sweet roll cake liquorice tart.
Chocolate cake chocolate bar lemon drops danish brownie. Icing liquorice oat cake. Chocolate halvah cupcake cheesecake lemon drops. Marzipan ice cream soufflé pudding sugar plum marshmallow pudding gummies jelly. Tiramisu marshmallow donut jelly beans bear claw chocolate pudding gummies croissant.
Carrot cake gummi bears brownie icing cake fruitcake biscuit. Jelly pie caramels jelly lemon drops tootsie roll cake fruitcake topping. Ice cream ice cream danish tootsie roll jelly fruitcake sweet roll croissant.
Marzipan gingerbread sugar plum apple pie. Slide48
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Before
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Training your
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Sometimes the problem
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Sometimes your gut
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Great
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Presentation Zen DesignBy Garr ReynoldsWhite Space Is Not Your EnemyBy Kim Golombisky and Rebecca HagenSlide53
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Create Pinterest boards to collect examples of the kinds of design you like (and hate)Slide54
Your gut can be a
great toolSlide55
Additional Resources
http://biancawoods.weebly.com/fixing-design-mistakes.html
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