Thought Swamp

Gestalt Principles in Design

It seemed there was a lot of chatter surrounding gestalt in design last week. The Nielsen Norman Group put out a series of 3-minute videos regarding Gestalt Principles in UI design (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwR0SZTBMTU). The Interaction Design Foundation also ran a post featuring one of their courses on Gestalt Psychology in design. Many folks following these channels…

November 14, 2022
Design for Democracy

AIGA, the professional association for design, invited designers of all specialties to participate in a non-partisan, get out the vote poster campaign. Through its “Design for Democracy” campaign, designers could create posters aimed at promoting participation in U.S. elections. Many of the submitted posters were printed and on display at the AIGA National Conference held…

November 8, 2022
Color & Contrast

This post is just a heads up regarding a new resource for the use of color and contrast in design in general, and in user-interface design in particular. Of the many important concerns for which visual designers need to develop a strong understanding, the use of color and contrast might just be one of the…

November 7, 2022