[IxDA Discuss] Common design mistakes?

[Yury Frolov]

Hi Jennifer,
  In my experience working with young visual designers I'd like to  
emphasize the rampant problem mentioned by Luke – although most of  
them nowadays are aware that interface design is about creation of  
meaningful functionality patterns they tend to focus on designing  
beautiful PATTERNS and forget about the MEANINGFUL part. It's quite  
painful to discard some of their nice work when it misses the point.

I think it'd be interesting to design a course teaching students NOT  
to demonstrate ALL they know about design in a space of a single UI  
screen or application but rather selectively apply their skill-set in  
measured, strategic manner.

hope this helps,

Yury
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On Aug 14, 2006, at 8:55 AM, LukeW wrote:

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> Hi Jenifer, Here's some of the common issues I encounter:
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> 3. Junior designers rarely frame their solutions in the context of
> the problem they are trying to solve and instead just jump right into
> presenting mock-ups. By first outlining the problem definition,
> designers can focus stakeholder feedback on how well the design
> addresses their goals. If the proper high-level definition is not
> present to provide context, feedback can quickly turn into a critique
> of the mockup not the solution. After all, it’s much easier to have
> an opinion on font sizes and color choices than on the right
> strategic positioning of an important product.
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> ::    Luke Wroblewski -[ www.lukew.com ]
> ::    Principal, LukeW Interface Designs
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