HICap talk is to inform others of the necessary steps in creating a website and understanding the importance of UI (User Interface) + UX (User Experience) design.
These steps may seem tedious, but as you dive into the design or even the development stage, you’ll quickly find out that this process will help to diminish problems that could occur down the road.
These are the UI slides
About Kathryne Sakata
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Kat received her graphic design degree from the New Media Arts Interface Design Program at Kapiolani Community College. She is currently a Graphic Designer and Web Developer at Design Asylum, Inc. and the Lead UI Designer at Undefeated Games, Inc. Kat enjoys engaging with new people and sharing her enthusiasm for design. She is an active member of AIGA Honolulu, HI-Capacity and Alakai Young Professionals and participates in various events including Startup Weekend, HNL New Tech Meetup, and WetWare Weds.
Event info: http://www.hicapacity.org/2013/05/23/ui-ux/
2. Ui (user interface)
DEFINED AS:
The design of computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication,
software applications and websites
the big idea:
Not necessarily to make things as simple as possible, to make them as
obvious as possible
• Provide a user-friendly experience
• Complete Goals, Efficient
RESULT:
Reduction in training, costs, happier, satisfied and highly engaged users!
15. The client
Primary Objective & goal:
Any sort of information or description you can find out
• What will users be doing? • What is the need?
• Likes and dislikes • CMS, RWD, Cart...?
Target Audience (Know thy user):
Young, old, male, female, mom, dad, social workers, students, etc...
Competitors:
Who has done it and is it working?
• What the client say they needs vs what they really need
result: Defined goal & making sure that all interests are understood
22. the sitemap
Defined as:
To organize the structure and layout of the website
Purpose:
• Lists all the pages
• To create reference materials for client signoff
• Knowing what you’re getting yourself into!
• Speak the user’s language
23. “If you think every pixel, every icon,
every typeface matters, then you also
need to believe every letter matters. ”
– Getting Real by 37 Signals
24. New york
arizona
SF
hawaii
Intwfb
mission
the team
interests specialty
ceo
designer
director
developer
print
web
identity
poster
stationery
packaging
Home
footer
productsservicesabout
consult
build
the design
training
maintenance
sale
archived
new
gallery contact
32 pages
25. New york
arizona
SF
hawaii
Intwfb
mission
the team
interests specialty
ceo
designer
director
developer
print
web
identity
poster
stationery
packaging
Home
footer
productsservicesabout
consult
build
the design
training
maintenance
sale
archived
new
gallery contact
32 pages
36. your layout
equation:
Order + Harmony + Balance + Comfort =
Dramatically improves the communication of your design
Keep in mind:
• Horizontal Balance • Size
• Vertical Balance • Color
• Radial Balance • Shape
• Symmetrical Balance • Value
• Asymmetrical Balance • Position
41. wireframe
Defined as:
Simple visual guide to show you what a Web page would look like
focusing on the site structure
Rule of thumb:
Keep it bare bones & don’t add color, typeface and graphics
Pages to create wireframes for:
HOME sub gallery contact
42. – Jakob Nielson, Web Usability Consultant
“The more users’ expectations
prove right, the more they will feel
in control of the system and the
more they will like it.”
62. Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the
printing and typesetting industry. Lorem
Ipsum has been the industry’s standard
dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an
unknown printer took a galley of type and
scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
It has survived not only five centuries, but
also the leap into electronic typesetting,
remaining essentially unchanged.
typography: start with text face for body copy
1. Sturdy and legible at smaller size 2. Healthy contrast between character
3. As text get smaller, choose text type with slightly larger x-height
old standard
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the
printing and typesetting industry. Lorem
Ipsum has been the industry’s standard
dummy text ever since the 1500s, when
an unknown printer took a galley of type
and scrambled it to make a type specimen
book. It has survived not only five
centuries, but also the leap into electronic
typesetting, remaining essentially
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Ha Ha
cap height
X height
baseline
67. 1. The client
• Basic summary
Get as much information as you can
• Primary objective
What will this website be used for?
• Target Audience
Know thy user
• Competitors
What’s been done
68. 2. sitemap
• to organize the structure
• reference material
Everyone is on board, sounds good
• small vs. big
Knowing what you’re getting into
• users language
At this point, begin thinking about terms...
69. 3. grid and layout
• norm 960px (1280px)
• standard 1024px (1280px)
• least 800px (1280px)
• RWD: frameworks
• equation
Order + Harmony + Balance + Comfort = Improvement in comm.
• Balance, size, color, shape, value, position
70. 4. wireframe
• visual guide
Site structure w/o color, typeface, and graphics
• stick to it
Try not to stray far from it, easy that way
• make frames for...
Home, Sub, Contact, Blog, Gallery
• rough, extreme, digital
71. 5. trends & inspirations
• trendiest: flat design
Cultural and Technological reasons
• isn’t always the best solution
• twitter bootstrap
Flexible, pre-existing patterns and functionality
• full browser
• one pagers & parallax sites (?)
72. 6. typography
• contrast: sans vs. serif
Most important thing to remember
• text face for body copy
Frist thing you should do
Make sure it’s sturdy and legible when small
Healthy contrast between characters
Higher x-height
• styles
Choose type with choke styles to play with, ex: Proxima Nova
73. 7. tips for you son!
• 72 PPI (Pixels per inch)
• dimensions
Start at 1280px and set your guides up
• snap to: guide
• Color
Default CMYK, change to RGB with Proof Colors