Everyday Design Fundamentals

Sharpen your core human-centered design principles and research skills to turn your interface experience into clearer, more intuitive digital products and a standout portfolio. - **Human-centered principles** to build clearer, more intuitive digital interfaces - **Actionable user research** to uncover real user needs effectively - **Design critique frameworks** to evaluate and refine creative work - **Portfolio-ready projects** showcasing strong foundational design thinking

7 sections ยท 25 lessons

Course outline

Core Design Principles

  1. Discoverability
  2. Affordances
  3. Signifiers
  4. Mapping
  5. Feedback
  6. Conceptual Models

Human Action Psychology

  1. Seven Stages
  2. Gulf of Execution
  3. Gulf of Evaluation
  4. Visceral, Behavioral, Reflective

Memory and Knowledge

  1. Knowledge in World
  2. Recognition vs Recall

Design Constraints

  1. Physical Constraints
  2. Cultural Constraints
  3. Semantic Constraints
  4. Logical Constraints

Error and Resilience

  1. Slips vs Mistakes
  2. Error Prevention & Recovery
  3. Resilience Engineering

Design Process

  1. Design Thinking
  2. Double Diamond
  3. Human-Centered Design

Design in Practice

  1. Business Constraints
  2. Featuritis
  3. Complexity vs Confusion

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