Design: Visual Interface Design

This article is Part III of my series “Color Theory for Digital Displays.” It describes how you can apply color theory to application program user interfaces and Web pages and provides many guidelines for the effective use of color. Read More

Think about it: Have you ever noticed that you felt more relaxed in a blue room or more alert in a red one? That’s color psychology at work. Our brains have deep-rooted associations with colors, shaping our moods and decisions in ways that we often don’t consciously realize.

This concept applies in the world of UX design. Color is more than just a visual element in the design of health and wellness apps; it’s a powerful tool that speaks directly to people’s emotions and behaviors. When users open health or wellness apps, the colors they see aren’t random choices. Their designers have carefully selected them to influence how users feel and act. So, let’s take a deeper dive into the chromatic nature of Web sites and apps in this sensitive and important niche. Read More

“A style guide is an artifact of design process. A design system is a living, funded product with a roadmap [and] backlog, serving an ecosystem.”—Nathan Curtis on Twitter

As Nathan Curtis described on Twitter, a style guide is a document that a UX designer creates to document a growing and ever-evolving set of design guidelines that arise from the design process. In creating a style guide, UX designers are basically documenting their own thought process as they design a Web site, application, or system. Thus, the essence of creating a style guide is documenting your own design decisions. Who is the audience for this document? In this article, I’ll answer many important such questions about style guides to help UX designers create effective documentation. Read More