Comments on: Design principles to choose the right ideas http://www.henkwijnholds.com/design-principles-choose-ideas/ Research and design of digital products Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:12:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Marc-Oliver http://www.henkwijnholds.com/design-principles-choose-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Marc-Oliver Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:12:54 +0000 http://www.henkwijnholds.com/?p=177#comment-414 Glenn, what is CRO? Glenn, what is CRO?

]]> By: Glenn Friesen http://www.henkwijnholds.com/design-principles-choose-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Glenn Friesen Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:18:31 +0000 http://www.henkwijnholds.com/?p=177#comment-380 Design principles vary, and depend on context. I've exhausted myself explaining this absolute truth over the years to people who want to overlay their design biases over a project. There's additional observation and data to support your argument, but you said it dang well, "it’s good to have design principles to help you choose ideas, but I don’t think it’s smart to stick to these principles too much while generating ideas in the first place." In my opinion, design principles should reflect the audience / users / customers of the thing being designed. Regarding web design, design principles should be derived from CRO and UX, more than personal opinions about what color goes where, and why what font size means what. We should test these little details against our goals, rather than heuristically assume our opinions are the best bet. Design principles vary, and depend on context. I’ve exhausted myself explaining this absolute truth over the years to people who want to overlay their design biases over a project.

There’s additional observation and data to support your argument, but you said it dang well, “it’s good to have design principles to help you choose ideas, but I don’t think it’s smart to stick to these principles too much while generating ideas in the first place.”

In my opinion, design principles should reflect the audience / users / customers of the thing being designed. Regarding web design, design principles should be derived from CRO and UX, more than personal opinions about what color goes where, and why what font size means what. We should test these little details against our goals, rather than heuristically assume our opinions are the best bet.

]]> By: Stefan Wobben http://www.henkwijnholds.com/design-principles-choose-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Stefan Wobben Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:37:27 +0000 http://www.henkwijnholds.com/?p=177#comment-367 I think you might also find the windows user experience principles interesting. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd834141.aspx I think you might also find the windows user experience principles interesting.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd834141.aspx

]]> By: Colin Hall http://www.henkwijnholds.com/design-principles-choose-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Colin Hall Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:55:40 +0000 http://www.henkwijnholds.com/?p=177#comment-160 My father used to tell me a story about a protest rally back in the 60's. The protestors were, what was called then, 'Free Thinkers'. About an hour after the rally started things got a bit nasty and fur started to fly. The police set off their sirens in one area to the north of the rally, making as much commotion as was possible. All of the 'Free Thinkers' did exactly the same thing and ran for an adjacent park, where the trouble dispersed and everyone eventually went home. My point, with regard to design principles, is that you have to let your customer feel free, they must feel unique and, above all, they must be free to choose whether they will respect authority or not. Eventually most of us will follow, but it is essential that we feel we lead ;-) All the best Colin My father used to tell me a story about a protest rally back in the 60′s. The protestors were, what was called then, ‘Free Thinkers’. About an hour after the rally started things got a bit nasty and fur started to fly. The police set off their sirens in one area to the north of the rally, making as much commotion as was possible. All of the ‘Free Thinkers’ did exactly the same thing and ran for an adjacent park, where the trouble dispersed and everyone eventually went home.

My point, with regard to design principles, is that you have to let your customer feel free, they must feel unique and, above all, they must be free to choose whether they will respect authority or not. Eventually most of us will follow, but it is essential that we feel we lead ;-)

All the best

Colin

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