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Lab guest speaker

 Matthew Highstrom, Interaction Designer for GM's HMI
  Design department - Insider's view behind the
  development of the Cadillac's User Experience driver
  interface as found in the Cadillac XTS

 Tuesday (tomorrow) 1:30 pm
Does this work?
                  NO
                  GRID!
Alignment
Designing with Grids
What are grids?


        Grids     Columns
One Column
Two Columns
Two Columns
Vertical
alignment
Horizontal
alignment
Three Columns
Three Columns
Four Columns
Four Columns
More Columns
The point is…
Grids: How-to

1. Figure out page
   size
2. Divide it into a
   grid
3. Start designing
Figure out Page Size
Figure out Page Size




                                       Divisible by 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
                                          10, 12, 15, and 16


http://www.cameronmoll.com/archives/001220.html
http://www.welie.com/patterns/showPattern.php?patternID=grid-based-layout
http://www.welie.com/patterns/showPattern.php?patternID=grid-
based-layout
Proportion
b   a
Golden Ratio
b   a
The Rule of Thirds
Breaking the Rules
Available resources
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/grid-design-basics-grids-for-web-page-l/
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/grid-design-basics-grids-for-web-page-l/
http://www.emanuelblagonic.com/2007/02/16/developing-the-grid-that-
supports-your-design/
http://www.emanuelblagonic.com/2007/02/16/developing-the-grid-that-supports-your-design/

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