Friday Links: Design Edition
Friday Links: Design Edition
Here are the most interesting links this week from our design department. Thanks to Matt Quintanilla. Collated by Chloe Olewitz.
- “How to get value from wireframes”
“This is a good reminder of how plotting every possible variation of a layout in a paper sketch or wireframe first (and then iterating) is a good exercise.” (via Darren Hoyt) - “The psychology of color in marketing and branding”
“I always enjoy a good refresher on color psychology. Here’s a reasonable take on how color affects emotion.” (via Neil Renicker) - “Design better forms: Common mistakes designers make and how to fix them”
“Forms are one of the most important components of digital product design. This article focuses on the common dos and don’ts of form design,” by Andrew Coyle. (via Drew Bell) - “Why I used a brown hand for the add to slack button”
“American media has the bad habit of portraying white people as the default, and everyone else as deviations from the norm,” writes Diogenes Brito. (via Matt Quintanilla) - “In a defiant, angry speech, Donald Trump defends image seen as anti-semitic”
“Using a culturally sensitive design symbol in a political attack is either intentional or careless — it’s never neutral. We don’t get to decide whether a design symbol is benign or not. If it holds meaning in a culture, rhetoric can’t just erase that.”(via Neil Renicker) - “Be Good,” comics by John Martz
Deemed possibly “too real to include,” these John Martz comics take a good look and a long laugh at the lives of designers. Or, as Drew Bell put it, “Trigger Warning: Life Choices.” (via skyler)