WRITING — NOTES ON DESIGN AND BUILDING · 05 ESSAYS
Essays on interface design, UX strategy and shipping products that hold up. I write them between projects, when something from the work is worth explaining.
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The Art and Science of UI/UX Design: Creating Seamless Digital Experiences
Where research ends and taste begins, and how to keep both in the room while you design.
01 — THE INDEX · HOVER A LINE TO READ THE ABSTRACT · CLICK TO OPEN
02 — RECURRING ARGUMENTS
Five essays. Three things
I keep coming back to.
THE THESIS UNDER THE WRITING
01
Clarity is the whole job.
The same argument turns up in all five, from different angles: when an interface needs explaining, it is not finished.
FROM: ESSAYS 01 · 02
02
Strategy before pixels.
Research, information architecture and success metrics get decided first, so the visual work has something to be right about.
FROM: ESSAYS 03 · 05
03
Craft is in how it feels to use.
Motion, rhythm and story carry over from brand and film work, and they decide whether a screen feels like anything at all.
FROM: ESSAYS 01 · 04