Design 101: Stop Yelling.

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Design 101: Stop Yelling.

February 6, 2012 Tagged: design typography Comments (View) Design 101: Stop Yelling How do you make yourself heard in a loud room? BY YELLING! And when it comes to design, that’s often the approach used for drawing attention to elements. LOUDER! BIGGER! FASTER! But there’s a better way. Imagine yourself in that loud room again. Now imagine that instead of yelling to get above the noise, you could just turn down everyone else. Instead of shouting at the person you’re talking to and ending up with a strained voice, you’ll be able to have a nice, thoughtful conversation with them. While it’s hard to turn down the volume of a room, it’s easy to quiet the background noise in your design and let the important parts speak clearly. Let’s take a closer look at this idea. Below is an example of a composition where everything is shouting at you. The big red headline at the top is try...

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@content_insight » 10 Feb '12, 5pm
Designing conversation? Stop yelling! @bokardo examples for interface design great read for Content Strategists [link]
@martikonstant » 09 Feb '12, 6pm
Gr8 way to communicate RT @bokardo: Nice, quick visual #design example of how to Stop Yelling: /by @ubuwaits [link]
@ianeverdell » 09 Feb '12, 3pm
"White space is the secret ingredient in design" [link] #design #UX #ilovewhitespace
@awesomejustin » 09 Feb '12, 3pm
RT @bokardo: Nice, quick visual design example of how to Stop Yelling: /by @ubuwaits [link]
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@cssradar » 08 Feb '12, 2am
エンジニアのためのデザイン入門。なんでもかんでも派手にすればいいってもんじゃない。大事。 | [link]
@khenney » 07 Feb '12, 4pm
Must make every client read this... Design 101: Stop Yelling — [link]
@EllenHoenig » 07 Feb '12, 4am
So agree with turning down the volume in design! Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots [link] #hcmktg # marketing
@calebbron » 07 Feb '12, 3am
A ton of mainstream designers fail this test. [link]
@alex_nimmo » 06 Feb '12, 9pm
Every time I get a mail from @AppSumo. Very poorly designed - take note: [link]
@bmcnely » 06 Feb '12, 7pm
#4E1 "I tell students in my workshop that white space is the secret ingredient in design" | [link] // Design 101.
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@ChelseaBellEady » 06 Feb '12, 7pm
[link] great advice for new designers
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