Desire lines are a development tool that a designer can use from the way that people actually interact with an interface, space, or object before […]
design principles
2 Here is a final image of the workspace that I used to create the new Tame the Web (TTW) logo using Inkscape, with the help […]
32 of 365: Designing a logo for Tame the Web ...
There are times where design is best accomplished by a single, monolithic voice (design by dictator) and other times when it is best done by […]
31 of 365: Design by Committee design principle
Depth of Processing is a design theory in which it is believed that when information is analyzed more deeply, the information is more likely to be retained. Instruction sheets that are more complex and analytical are more likely to retained than more superficial ones.
30 of 365: Depth of Processing design principle
Defensible space is a theory about the way that spaces (often collective residences) are arranged considering the environmental variables like Territoriality, Surveillance, and Symbolic Barriers. […]
29 of 365: Defensible Space design principle
Cost-Benefit as a design principle talks about the tension between the cost of the user’s time, effort, and other resources versus the benefit to that […]