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Graphical Screen Design Part 1: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity Lecture /slide deck produced by Saul Greenberg, University of Calgary, Canada Notice: some material in this deck is used from other sources without permission. Credit to the original source is given if it is known Image: R.Williams, Non-Designers Design Book, Peachpit Press<br>
Grids
Other visual design concepts
consistency relationships
organization legibility and readability
navigational cues appropriate imagery
familiar idioms<br>
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CRAP Contrast
make different things different
brings out dominant elements
mutes lesser elements
creates dynamism
Repetition
Alignment
Proximity Robin Williams Non-Designers Design Book, Peachpit Press<br>
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CRAP Contrast
Repetition
repeat design throughout the interface
consistency
creates unity
Alignment
Proximity Robin Williams Non-Designers Design Book, Peachpit Press<br>
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CRAP Contrast
Repetition
Alignment
creates a visual flow
visually connects elements
Proximity Robin Williams Non-Designers Design Book, Peachpit Press<br>
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CRAP Contrast
Repetition
Alignment
Proximity
groups related elements
separates unrelated ones Robin Williams Non-Designers Design Book, Peachpit Press<br>
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Original<br>
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Proximity<br>
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Alignment<br>
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Contrast<br>
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Repetition We still need to tune this page, but it’s a better starting point<br>
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We still need to tune this page, but it’s a better starting point<br>
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The Squint Test Squint your eyes
step back
what stands out?
Things to look for
foreground / background
dominant vs. muted elements
connections and relationships
hierarchies<br>
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Robin Williams Non-Designers Design Book, Peachpit Press<br>
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Modifed from Robin Williams Non-Designers Design Book, Peachpit Press<br>
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Where does your eye go? CRAP combines to give you cues of how to read the graphic Robin Williams Non-Designers Design Book, Peachpit Press title subtext three points main point sub point<br>
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You know now Your graphical design friends
Contrast
Repetition
Alignment
Proximity<br>
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Articulate:
who users are
their key tasks User and task descriptions Goals: Methods: Products: Brainstorm designs Task centered system design
Participatory design
User-centered design Evaluate tasks Psychology of everyday things
User involvement
Representation & metaphors low fidelity prototyping methods Throw-away paper prototypes Participatory interaction
Heuristic evaluation Completed designs Alpha/beta systems or complete specification Field testing Interface Design and Usability Engineering<br>
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Primary Sources This slide deck is partly based on concepts as taught by:
Designing Visual Interfaces, Mullet & Sano, Prentice Hall
Robin Williams Non-Designers Design Book, Peachpit Press<br>
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