Description
If you want to design successful user interfaces then you need clear and effective visual communication. Interface Design will help you achieve this using a range of incisive case studies, interviews with professional designers and clear hands-on advice to help you produce user-focused front-end designs for a range of digital media interfaces. This book introduces the major elements of graphic design for digital media - layout, colour, iconography, imagery and typography, and shows how these visual communication basics can combine to produce positive interactive user experiences. With practical advice on improving communication between designers and developer, and a tantalizing look at designing interactivity for all five senses, this is a must-have introduction to developing interfaces that users will love.
Takes the reader through the hows, the whys and the wherefores of designing different types of graphical user interfaces from a graphic design perspective.
About the Author
Dave Wood is Programme Director of BDes(Hons) Graphic Design at DJCAD at University of Dundee in Scotland, and hosts Semiosis 101 - a semiotics YouTube channel for creatives.
Reviews
Interface Design: An introduction to visual communication in UI design delivers real examples of the process of designing for UI and interactive projects. Seeing and learning from real examples of maps and diagramming while outlining critical components of the UI design process at various stages, makes this book an incredibly important resource for anyone wanting to learn about and implement a UI strategy - especially for graphic designers who were educated in the print world but want to make the transition to working on UI and interactive projects. Applying the information in this book can absolutely make any designer a more valuable and strategic contributor to current and prospective clients and employers. This book is easy to follow, provides a clear understanding of what to expect in each chapter, offers insight into key questions to be asked throughout the UI process and is loaded with relevant and applicable content and insight. This is not only a book, but also an incredibly useful learning tool that can be utilized on a daily basis. * Sean Brennan, Project Manager, Haneke Design, Tampa, Florida, USA *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350140851
Author Dave Wood
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 424g
Takes the reader through the hows, the whys and the wherefores of designing different types of graphical user interfaces from a graphic design perspective.
About the Author
Dave Wood is Programme Director of BDes(Hons) Graphic Design at DJCAD at University of Dundee in Scotland, and hosts Semiosis 101 - a semiotics YouTube channel for creatives.
Reviews
Interface Design: An introduction to visual communication in UI design delivers real examples of the process of designing for UI and interactive projects. Seeing and learning from real examples of maps and diagramming while outlining critical components of the UI design process at various stages, makes this book an incredibly important resource for anyone wanting to learn about and implement a UI strategy - especially for graphic designers who were educated in the print world but want to make the transition to working on UI and interactive projects. Applying the information in this book can absolutely make any designer a more valuable and strategic contributor to current and prospective clients and employers. This book is easy to follow, provides a clear understanding of what to expect in each chapter, offers insight into key questions to be asked throughout the UI process and is loaded with relevant and applicable content and insight. This is not only a book, but also an incredibly useful learning tool that can be utilized on a daily basis. * Sean Brennan, Project Manager, Haneke Design, Tampa, Florida, USA *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350140851
Author Dave Wood
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 424g
