Mel Choyce

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  • Design for Non-Designersview →

    I presented today at WordCamp Philly on Design for Non-Designers. As promised, here are my slides, which I’ve fleshed out with some extra notes for web:

    Design Basics for Non-Designers from melchoyce

    If anyone wants the abridged version (which is what I presented), you can comment here to let me know.

    Along with my slides, I also gave a quick design demo. You can see the images and notes for my demo here:

    Demo Wireframe
    Demo Mockup Step 1
    Demo Mockup Step 2
    Demo Mockup Step 3
    Demo Mockup Step 4

    Some resources for each design principle I talked about:

    • Grids & Alignment
      • http://960.gs/
      • http://www.alistapart.com/articles/the-infinite-grid/
      • http://www.thegridsystem.org/
    • White Space
      • http://www.alistapart.com/articles/whitespace
      • http://webdesign.about.com/od/webdesignbasics/a/whitespace.htm
      • http://naldzgraphics.net/design-2/11-reasons-why-white-spaces-are-good-in-graphic-design/
    • Typography
      • http://webtypography.net/
      • http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/typographic-contrast-flow
      • http://www.alistapart.com/articles/on-web-typography/
    • Color
      • http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/a-look-into-color-theory-in-web-design
      • http://www.slideshare.net/TCUK/rules-of-thumb-for-using-colour-in-your-content
      • http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/design-theory/an-introduction-to-color-theory-for-web-designers/
    • Hierarchy
      • Understanding Visual Hierarchy in Web Design
      • http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/using-power-structure-and-gestalt-for-visual-hierarchy/
      • http://designshack.net/articles/graphics/how-to-use-visual-hierarchy-in-web-design

    Thanks again to everyone who attended this morning!

    mel

    October 20, 2012
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    color, graphic design, grids, web design, web typography, wordcamp, wordcampphilly
  • I’m speaking at WordCamp Philly!view →

    I'm Speaking at WordCamp Philly

    I’ll be speaking at WordCamp Philly in a few weeks! (October 20-21, 10:15-11:00am in the Power User Track) Here’s what I’ll be presenting on:

    Design Basics for Non-Designers

    To non-designers, design can seem like a mysterious realm inhabited by natural artists — inscrutable beings whose heads are constantly in the clouds as they hunker down in Photoshop, desperately trying to get every last pixel aligned perfectly (Okay, maybe there’s a *bit* of truth to that). Realistically, design is just a series of informed decisions based on a set of principles guided by best practice. By learning the basics of design, you can make your WordPress sites and applications more usable and compelling. This session is meant for anyone new to design.

    Come and check me out if you’re there.

    mel

    October 3, 2012
    regular
    speaking, web design, wordcampphilly

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