Slides I used for a talk about my interface design mantras at Refresh Edinburgh and Mighty Meetup in Aberdeen.

1. Interface Design
Mantras
—
Robbie Manson
@rougebert
robbiemanson.com

2. Hello

4. Story time
(Yay!)

7. “ Shaping interfaces is shaping the character of things.
The brand is what transports the character of things.”
—‘The Interface of a Cheeseburger’, Oliver Reichenstein
www.informationarchitects.jp/en/the-interface-of-a-cheeseburger/
Photo courtesy of X|Media|Lab

8. #
1
Interface
=
Brand

12. #
2
Establish a
vocabulary

13. Punctuation
The difference between “ Help your Uncle Jack off his horse”
and “ Help your uncle jack off his horse”

14. Scale Depth
Form
Texture
Pace Colour
Pattern
Typography
Tone
Proximity
Response

17. “Know, first, who you are;
and then adorn yourself accordingly.”
—Epictetus
Greek Stoic philosopher (AD 55 - AD 135)

18. # 3
Context is king

20. WTF?

21. 4
#
Make it better

22. #5
Facilitate
good habits

23. Handholding example

24. FreeAgent getting
started process
(handholding example)

25. “Anyone can make the simple complicated.
Creativity is making the complicated simple.”
—Charles Mingus

26. “Simplicity is not the goal.
It is the by-product of a good idea
and modest expectations.”
—Paul Rand

27. #
6
Make it simple
(But no simpler)

28. Photo courtesy of Rosenfeld Media

29. Photo courtesy of Rosenfeld Media

30. # 7
Small details
make a
Big difference

31. Images courtesy of littlebigdetails.com

32. Images courtesy of littlebigdetails.com

33. Images courtesy of littlebigdetails.com

34. #
8
Design is
for humans

35. Thanks
—
@rougebert
robbiemanson.com
dribbble.com/robbiemanson
freeagentcentral.com