Complementary 37: Good Interface Design Habits
Jul 14, 2024
Discover the top habits for effective interface design, from enhancing collaboration to embracing feedback. The hosts share funny reflections on their past comments, illustrating the creative journey. They discuss the benefits of externalizing ideas through sketching and note-taking, and the vital role of iteration in design. Open-mindedness is emphasized as a key to learning, while resources like Mobbin enrich creative processes. Join in to hear about cultivating design intuition through passive observation and real-world examples.
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Listener Encounters at Config
- Katie shared her experience meeting listeners at the Config conference and was surprised they remembered podcast details she forgot.
- Anthony related how sometimes he encounters his past online comments and is surprised to realize he said those things.
Thorough Design Research
- Research internal design decisions extensively by reviewing documents, pull requests, and historical files.
- Conduct external competitive analysis by studying design systems and components in other products.
Quickly Externalize Your Ideas
- Get your design ideas out of your head quickly using sketches or notes to explore multiple directions.
- Capturing ideas externally helps in thinking through alternatives and improves final solutions.