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Don Norman and the Emotional Side of Design

Inkbot Design

Daniel Kahneman's landmark studies led to him receiving the 2002 Nobel Prize. In recent decades, behavioural economics research has shown that most human decisions do not result from pure logic and rational thinking. Our emotions guide us at least as much, if not more, than facts and figures do.

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Early Web Design Helped a Generation Express Themselves Online. How Do We Capture That Feeling Again?

Eye on Design

You’re going to see a CV, a dithered photo of someone hiking, an unpublished book with unusual pagination, a list of PhD students that concludes in 2002, and a section called “Ramblings” abandoned in 1999 and picked up for six weeks in November 2016.”.

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How to Enhance Your Website User Experience

Inkbot Design

Standard accessibility practices include: Optimising for keyboard navigation Using high-contrast color schemes Ensuring text can be resized without issue Providing text alternatives for images/multimedia Enabling operating system accessibility tools 3. Prioritising accessibility helps maximise your potential audience.

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39 Must-Have Creative Assets in this Month’s Drop

Creative Market

Skillet Serif Typeface Emil (the designer behind Fenotype ) has created over 200 font families since 2002, and Skillet Serif Typeface is a doozy! You can use them in multiple formats and color schemes, making them so easy! Promote your flash sales, webinars, workshops, announcements, engagement boosters, and more.

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The State of Branding: Washington (From Washington D.C Flags to Washington D.C Brands)

Canny

flag is simple in design, featuring just 2 colors and 3 stars, it does carry a lot of meaning which is very powerful. In fact, everything about it is different, from the color scheme, to the images, to the general visual aesthetic. Whilst the Washington D.C Washington Seal. From first glance, the Washington D.C

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User flows, then and now: Bezos style

UX Collective

Amazon experimented with Auctions in this timeframe, but that was later shut down in 2002. The color scheme became more uniform, and a prominent logo made for a more robust visual hierarchy. A right sidebar was also added. Tabs begone! 2008) The tabs became obsolete in favor of the left sidebar by popular demand.