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William Lidwell

Universal Principles of Design

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  • Kuanysh Idrissovhas quoted4 years ago
    • “Nature operates in the shortest way possible.”—Aristotle
    • “We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.”—Isaac Newton
    • “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” —Albert Einstein
  • Kuanysh Idrissovhas quoted4 years ago
    Fitts’ Law

    The time required to move to a target is a function of the target size and distance to the target.
  • Ron Molinahas quoted8 years ago
    When affordances are successfully em
  • Ron Molinahas quoted8 years ago
    employed in a design, it will seem inconceivable that the design could function or be used otherwise.
  • Ron Molinahas quoted8 years ago
    design objects and environments to afford their intended function,
  • Ron Molinahas quoted8 years ago
    and negatively afford improper use. For example, stackable chairs should only stack one way.
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    Mimic familiar objects and environments in abstract contexts (e.g., software interfaces) to imply the way in which new systems can be used
  • Ron Molinahas quoted8 years ago
    Aesthetic elements like color covers and customizable rings are more than ornaments; the aesthetic elements create a positive relationship with users that, in turn, make such troubles more tolerable and the devices more successful.
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    idea—images of common items like trash cans and folders leverage our knowledge of how those items function in the real world and, thus, suggest their function in the software environment.13
  • Ron Molinahas quoted8 years ago
    Images of common physical objects and environments can enhance the usability of a design. For example, a drawing of a three-dimensional button on a computer screen leverages our knowledge of the physical characteristics of buttons and, therefore, appears to afford pressing. The popular “desktop” metaphor used by computer operating systems is based on this
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