Dive into an interactive UI design crash course covering seven fundamental principles for creating effective user interfaces in 2020. Learn about alignment, contrast, scale, typography, color theory, visual hierarchy, and more through hands-on design challenges. Explore how to apply these concepts to improve your UI design skills, with practical examples and exercises to reinforce your learning. Gain insights from an experienced full-stack developer and design instructor, setting a strong foundation for advancing your UI design capabilities.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Course Introduction
Chapter Introduction
UNDERSTANDING UI DESIGN Fundamentals
Alignment in UI design is the process of ensuring that every element is positioned correctly in relation to other elements.
Challenge 1
Contrast is defined as being in a 'strikingly different state from something else.
Scale
Challenge 2
Good typography requires the understanding of other fundamentals, along with a few special considerations.
The first UI design fundamental that shapes a user's experience is color.
wealth, nature, growth
luxury, sophistication, elegance
Colors Challenge
Every element on a user interface has a level of importance. Some elements are more important than others. Visual hierarchy is how we establish this importance
Visual Hierarchy Challenge
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