design portamento

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

you can't think of everything

Just as some designers get stuck in the beginning stages of design with the "blank canvas" syndrome, I've noticed that many designers also get held up by the "I have to think of everything" sickness. I've been plagued by this one myself. You're afraid to release a design and mark it as Final because (gasp) what if you didn't think of everything? What if you didn't consider all of the user states? etc.

Well, I'm here to tell you that the world won't end if you miss something here or there. Of course, you want to be a conscientious and thorough designer. But -- you also want to be a productive one right? So just move ahead. Get that design in front of some Product folks and Engineers. They'll let you know if you missed something :)

Labels: design process

posted by kaari @ 5:01 PM

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Why Design Portamento?

Portamento is a musical term that means: a smooth uninterrupted glide in passing from one tone to another. Music influences many of my designs and this term relates to one of the principles of good user experience design — to glide from one interaction to another. Hence, I use the term portamento for this design blog.