Stepping into adulthood has always had a sense of permanence to it. And for many, graduation is the rude awakening from the previous dream-like adolescent stage. At this point of your life, relationships mature so as to be rather permanent as well. The relationships you have now are the ones…

According to Steven Bradley, design is decision-making. Throughout the process of design, before and after, design requires the designer to make important decisions relating to the later mentioned principles. 1. Factor of Safety Factor of safety is the addition of more elements than necessary to prevent failure due to unknown variables. The size of…

The appeal of a product is an entirely intentional result from design. The principle Aesthetic-Usability trade-off provides the main argument for design: there is a compromise between the aesthetics and the usability of a product. If a product is beautiful, it is less usable. If it is usable, it is…

Usability refers to the ease at which one can use the design. This is crucial to the functionality of the design rather than aesthetics. It should be the fundamental aspect of a design, incorporated from the beginning rather than after aesthetic design concepts have been formed. 1. Affordance A design’s good affordance…

There is commitment in leaving. It is always a process. You are always moving away from this point of your life where you were once at. …

The following principles relate to how people receive and retain information, that is learn. Learning is closely dependent on memory, thus, these principles primarily discusses making use what people are more likely to remember or find easier to remember. 1. Chunking Grouping information into chunks to make it easier to remember. Hotline…

Perception (primarily visual) is a culmination of external visual stimulus and prior knowledge (which in turns shape your expectations). With a better understanding of how perception works, a design can be communicated better for easier use but also to appeal to users. Gestalt Laws 1. Similarity The Law of Similarity dictates that things of…

Time to get recycled. Here is what we know: it matters how people perceive us. In fact, the pretty bows you wrap around your heads are the main attraction, the focal point. This is how you dress, how you walk, how you talk, your face and that silly accent or…

Granted, my hair is mostly green now. When I was little, they told me that as a girl, you didn’t need to be very pretty. You needed to be kind and happy, and yes, smart — everyone needs to be smart.