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Making Your Application Look Sexy




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What Youā€™ll Learn Today

   ā€£ How Visuals Support Brand
   ā€£ Applying This to Mobile
   ā€£ Review of Your Apps
   ā€£ Review of Icons

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Jason@gravityswitch.com


              Web / iPhone / iPad
              Technology serves business
              Educator
              Author




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                         people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
I Like Tricky Problems




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                        people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
And You Are?




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        NiceNice NiceAward-winning process. process. Websites done right.
             people. people. Award-winning Websites done right.
                 people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
Why Youā€™re Here


        Existing App

        New App




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                            people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
Type of App

                 Games
                 Utilities
                 Productivity
                 Music/Photo/Video
                 Other




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App Pricing

      Free!   $0.00

         $    $.99 - $2.99

       $$     $3.99 - $9.99

      $$$     $9.99+

         ?    Other (internal app)


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                                   people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
Company Size

       Lone Gunslinger

       2-10 employees/partners

       11-100 employees

       100+ employee company




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                               people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
iPhone vs. iPad




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                       people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
Android & Others

        Apple only shop

        Getting into Android too

        We do both

        Anything else? HTML5?




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                                people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
What Youā€™re Best At

          Programming

          Designing

          Usability

          Other




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Your Design Experience

         Crayons

         Use Photoshop well

         Design 5 color palettes from this:

         Win awards for graphic design




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Pay Attention


Can you tell which are professional?




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Which...
     Stood out as good or bad?




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Worth $1b?




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Built in bedroom?




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Built for Geeks?




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Are Consumer Apps?




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Why did you think that?




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Sorry... I Lied
      24 Judgement Calls in 7 Seconds
            ā€¢ Money
            ā€¢ Education
            ā€¢ Interest
            ā€¢ Etc.




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What is Brand?




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Brand = Feelings, Not Logo




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What Does Your App Do?



          In 140 characters




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Who Uses Your App?



          In 140 characters




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What Do You Want People to FEEL?



           In 3 words




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Dig Deeper With One Of Yours




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Dig Deeper With One Of Yours


          National brands




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Dig Deeper With One Of Yours


          National brands
          What do you expect?




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Dig Deeper With One Of Yours


          National brands
          What do you expect?
          What emotions?




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Visually Deļ¬ning a Brand


       Mood Boards




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Style Guides are Dumb




                                                 55
                                                 pages
                                                       !




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Please Donā€™t Do This




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Try a Mood Board




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Try a Mood Board




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Try a Mood Board

                   Spend 15 minutes
                   Pick one:
                     Posters
                     Pictures
                     Fonts
                     Colors
If you havenā€™t gone too far...

       you havenā€™t done your job.




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Remember


       It doesnā€™t matter if you like it
       It doesnā€™t matter if your boss likes it
       It matters if it works




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How to Hire Designers


         2 hours
         5-10 people
         Pay them for their time
         Mood Boards and Designs
         Youā€™ll know who to work with




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Do You Have Style?




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Main Menu




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Main Menu




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Main Menu




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Main Menu




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Main Menu




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Colored Nav




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Colored Nav




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Main Menu




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Fonts




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Serif vs. Sans-Serif?




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Serif vs. Sans-Serif?

 Serif = conservative




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Serif vs. Sans-Serif?

 Serif = conservative   Sans-Serif = Modern




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Serif vs. Sans-Serif?

    When in doubt, use Sans-Serif.

         ā€£ Easy to read small
         ā€£ More common



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Strange Fonts are Hard to Use




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Strange Fonts are Hard to Use



       tre
           nd     s pa
                       ss

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What else to know


   ā€£ Buy your fonts
   ā€£ 3 fonts MAXIMUM
   ā€£ Spacing m a t t e r s
   ā€£ Arial and Verdana are good choices


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Colors




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Colors Matter




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Colors Matter




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Colors Matter




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Colors are HARD


2 years of focused practice




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A Good Color Palette Has...


                5-7 Colors
                2 that stand out
                3-5 that are related




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colorblender.com
Shortcut 1: Online




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Shortcut 2: From a Picture




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Shortcut 2: From a Picture




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What else to know




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What else to know


   ā€£ Match your saturation level




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What else to know


   ā€£ Match your saturation level
   ā€£ More saturation isnā€™t better




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What else to know


   ā€£ Match your saturation level
   ā€£ More saturation isnā€™t better
   ā€£ Contrast is eye-catching




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What else to know


   ā€£ Match your saturation level
   ā€£ More saturation isnā€™t better
   ā€£ Contrast is eye-catching
   ā€£ Too much contrast = a Kmart ļ¬‚ier


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How to Start




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Prototypes vs. Wireframes




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Prototypes vs. Wireframes




    Iā€™d suggest a prototype because itā€™s so new.


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Rules of Thumb




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Rules of Thumb

    Cartoons donā€™t work (usually)




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Rules of Thumb

    Cartoons donā€™t work (usually)
    Donā€™t use clip art, other than icons




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Rules of Thumb

    Cartoons donā€™t work (usually)
    Donā€™t use clip art, other than icons
    Donā€™t use more than 3 font families (2 is better)




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Rules of Thumb

    Cartoons donā€™t work (usually)
    Donā€™t use clip art, other than icons
    Donā€™t use more than 3 font families (2 is better)
    Know if you want to stand out, or catch up




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A Golden Rule of Design

    If you lean back in your chair and canā€™t easily
    tell what you changed in the past 10 minutes,
    itā€™s time to stop working.
                         - Christine Mark




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Critiques




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Critiques are about being critical. If youā€™re not
brave enough to try something that doesnā€™t work,
             youā€™re a bad designer.



 Be Brave and send something to my Dropbox
  and weā€™ll help you ļ¬nd what works and what
 doesnā€™t work. Youā€™ll be a better designer for it.




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Icons




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Icons


What Can We Learn From Logos?




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Batch 1




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Batch 2




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Whatā€™s the difference?




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Thereā€™s Also These Guys




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Icons Should Be Iconic


                    Donā€™t tell a story
                    Give one feeling
                    Keep shapes simple
                    Donā€™t overdo it




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Other Icon Tips



             Donā€™t hack the highlight away
             Donā€™t put chrome around the edge




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Improve Someoneā€™s Icon
        Share With Us



   jason@gravityswitch.com
        #jasonNmark


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Ask Me Questions!




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Pretty Mobile - Making Your Application Look Sexy - Gravity Switch

  • 1. Pretty Mobile Making Your Application Look Sexy jason@gravityswitch.com #jasonNmark gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 2. What Youā€™ll Learn Today ā€£ How Visuals Support Brand ā€£ Applying This to Mobile ā€£ Review of Your Apps ā€£ Review of Icons gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 3. Jason@gravityswitch.com Web / iPhone / iPad Technology serves business Educator Author gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
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  • 6. I Like Tricky Problems gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 7. And You Are? gravity switch gravity switch gravity switch NiceNice NiceAward-winning process. process. Websites done right. people. people. Award-winning Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 8. Why Youā€™re Here Existing App New App gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 9. Type of App Games Utilities Productivity Music/Photo/Video Other gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 10. App Pricing Free! $0.00 $ $.99 - $2.99 $$ $3.99 - $9.99 $$$ $9.99+ ? Other (internal app) gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 11. Company Size Lone Gunslinger 2-10 employees/partners 11-100 employees 100+ employee company gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 12. iPhone vs. iPad gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 13. Android & Others Apple only shop Getting into Android too We do both Anything else? HTML5? gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 14. What Youā€™re Best At Programming Designing Usability Other gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 15. Your Design Experience Crayons Use Photoshop well Design 5 color palettes from this: Win awards for graphic design gravity switch gravity switch Nice Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right. people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 16. Pay Attention Can you tell which are professional? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 17. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 18. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 19. Which... Stood out as good or bad? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 20. Worth $1b? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 21. Built in bedroom? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 22. Built for Geeks? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 23. Are Consumer Apps? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 24. Why did you think that? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 25. Sorry... I Lied 24 Judgement Calls in 7 Seconds ā€¢ Money ā€¢ Education ā€¢ Interest ā€¢ Etc. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 26. What is Brand? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 27. Brand = Feelings, Not Logo gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 28. What Does Your App Do? In 140 characters gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 29. Who Uses Your App? In 140 characters gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 30. What Do You Want People to FEEL? In 3 words gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 31. Dig Deeper With One Of Yours gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 32. Dig Deeper With One Of Yours National brands gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 33. Dig Deeper With One Of Yours National brands What do you expect? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 34. Dig Deeper With One Of Yours National brands What do you expect? What emotions? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 35. Visually Deļ¬ning a Brand Mood Boards gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 36. Style Guides are Dumb 55 pages ! gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 37. Please Donā€™t Do This gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 38. Try a Mood Board gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 39. Try a Mood Board gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
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  • 42. Try a Mood Board Spend 15 minutes Pick one: Posters Pictures Fonts Colors
  • 43. If you havenā€™t gone too far... you havenā€™t done your job. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 44. Remember It doesnā€™t matter if you like it It doesnā€™t matter if your boss likes it It matters if it works gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 45. How to Hire Designers 2 hours 5-10 people Pay them for their time Mood Boards and Designs Youā€™ll know who to work with gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 46. Do You Have Style? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 47. Main Menu gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 48. Main Menu gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 49. Main Menu gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 50. Main Menu gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 51. Main Menu gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 52. Colored Nav gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 53. Colored Nav gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 54. Main Menu gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 55. Fonts gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 56. Serif vs. Sans-Serif? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 57. Serif vs. Sans-Serif? Serif = conservative gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 58. Serif vs. Sans-Serif? Serif = conservative Sans-Serif = Modern gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 59. Serif vs. Sans-Serif? When in doubt, use Sans-Serif. ā€£ Easy to read small ā€£ More common gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 60. Strange Fonts are Hard to Use gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 61. Strange Fonts are Hard to Use tre nd s pa ss gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 62. What else to know ā€£ Buy your fonts ā€£ 3 fonts MAXIMUM ā€£ Spacing m a t t e r s ā€£ Arial and Verdana are good choices gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 63. Colors gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 64. Colors Matter gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 65. Colors Matter gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 66. Colors Matter gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 67. Colors are HARD 2 years of focused practice gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 68. A Good Color Palette Has... 5-7 Colors 2 that stand out 3-5 that are related gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 69. colorblender.com Shortcut 1: Online gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 70. Shortcut 2: From a Picture gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 71. Shortcut 2: From a Picture gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 72. What else to know gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 73. What else to know ā€£ Match your saturation level gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 74. What else to know ā€£ Match your saturation level ā€£ More saturation isnā€™t better gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 75. What else to know ā€£ Match your saturation level ā€£ More saturation isnā€™t better ā€£ Contrast is eye-catching gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 76. What else to know ā€£ Match your saturation level ā€£ More saturation isnā€™t better ā€£ Contrast is eye-catching ā€£ Too much contrast = a Kmart ļ¬‚ier gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 77. How to Start gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 78. Prototypes vs. Wireframes gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 79. Prototypes vs. Wireframes Iā€™d suggest a prototype because itā€™s so new. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 80. Rules of Thumb gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 81. Rules of Thumb Cartoons donā€™t work (usually) gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 82. Rules of Thumb Cartoons donā€™t work (usually) Donā€™t use clip art, other than icons gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 83. Rules of Thumb Cartoons donā€™t work (usually) Donā€™t use clip art, other than icons Donā€™t use more than 3 font families (2 is better) gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 84. Rules of Thumb Cartoons donā€™t work (usually) Donā€™t use clip art, other than icons Donā€™t use more than 3 font families (2 is better) Know if you want to stand out, or catch up gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 85. A Golden Rule of Design If you lean back in your chair and canā€™t easily tell what you changed in the past 10 minutes, itā€™s time to stop working. - Christine Mark gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 86. Critiques gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 87. Critiques are about being critical. If youā€™re not brave enough to try something that doesnā€™t work, youā€™re a bad designer. Be Brave and send something to my Dropbox and weā€™ll help you ļ¬nd what works and what doesnā€™t work. Youā€™ll be a better designer for it. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 88. Icons gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 89. Icons What Can We Learn From Logos? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 90. Batch 1 gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 91. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
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  • 94. Batch 2 gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
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  • 96. gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 97. Whatā€™s the difference? gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 98. Thereā€™s Also These Guys gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 99. Icons Should Be Iconic Donā€™t tell a story Give one feeling Keep shapes simple Donā€™t overdo it gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 100. Other Icon Tips Donā€™t hack the highlight away Donā€™t put chrome around the edge gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 101. Improve Someoneā€™s Icon Share With Us jason@gravityswitch.com #jasonNmark gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.
  • 102. Ask Me Questions! jason@gravityswitch.com #jasonNmark gravity switch Nice people. Award-winning process. Websites done right.

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