finding design inspiration

Post on 08-May-2015

1.229 Views

Category:

Design

0 Downloads

Preview:

Click to see full reader

DESCRIPTION

And learning from the accomplishments & mistakes of others. Given to Jeff Brown's high school class over Skype.

TRANSCRIPT

Date

Finding Design InspirationAnd learning from the accomplishments & mistakes of other

Who am I?The name is Haney, Patrick Haney.

iSites, aCMS/CMS

What do I do?I make pretty websites.

What do Ireally do?I make web interfaces attractive, and more importantly, usable.

Inspiration: Fun & Educational

Date

Color

Date

Multicolr

Date

Multicolr

Adobe KulerAdobe’s “color” tool

Colour LoversTracking color trends and favorite palettes

Date

Photos

Take a walk

Date

Color from photos

Date

The action shot

Date

The Milo palette

Inspiration on the Internet

Date

The Rissington Podcast

Date

eWedding

Date

nclud

Inspiration in Art

The color of art

Vincent’s AlternativeFrom shirt.woot

Clothing isinspirational

The businessof cards

Date

Be a “creative sponge”As Jon Hicks would say

Collecting Inspiration

Web Design Inspiration on Flickr

Storing Screenshots

Date

iPhotoNot just for photos anymore!

Date

LittleSnapperLike iPhoto, but for screenshots

The Low-Tech RouteMike Rohde’s sketchbook

Why Collect This Stuff?

“Good artists copy.Great artists steal.” - Pablo Picasso

How do we learn from this stuff?

Usability Testing

Guerrilla Usability TestingOr “gorilla” in this case

People are Inspiring

Use it or lose it

Learn from your own mistakes

Questions?

top related