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Content & Design. Kevin Glover, Emory University. Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. “. God is in the details. ”. Design is One. The design of a product is one with the whole as much as it is an individual piece. Why?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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CONTENT& DESIGNKEVIN GLOVER, EMORY UNIVERSITY

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like.

Design is how it works.

God is in the details.

“”

DESIGN IS ONE

The design of a product is one with the whole as much as it is an individual piece.

WHY?

THREE STYLE PRINCIPLES

1.Semantics

2.Syntactics

3.Pragmatics

DETERMINE RIGHT STRUCTURE FROM THE START

1. What is the purpose

2. Why are people coming here

3. How are people accessing this

4. Where are they and what are they doing

5. What are the budget and resources available

A FEW WEB DESIGN TIPS

USE A RESPONSIVE GRID

THINK MOBILE FIRST

#1 PHONE IN THE WORLD

USE WEB FONTS RESPONSIBLY

Google.com/Fonts

USE CONCISE LANGUAGE

Exploratorium.edu

FOCUS ON CONTENT

Maps.Google.com

USE DESIGN TO EMPHASIZE YOUR CONTENT

EducationAboveAll.org

BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR COOL STUFF

WEBSITES

Awwwards.com

theDieLine.com

TheFoxIsBlack.com

VIGNELLI CANON

www.vignelli.com/canon.pdf

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