Explaining things clearly
Design tricks by a non-designer
1
You don't just give them
flour, butter, eggs, and sugar;
You bake the cake
with them.
a – You have a list of things.
b – What is the structure of the list?
c – Get a metaphor for the structure.
I bought a kit for $12
(with a discount voucher)
Edited the machine in
Adobe Illustrator.
d – Milk the metaphor
2
Get everyone on the same page
literally
10 people
Salary 130k
1.5 hours
= $1,260
3
Making things really simple
can provoke good discussion.
4
Find some designs that you like;
learn how to make them.
Slide by @AngeBassa at CSVConf.
It's just a particular shape - filled with a nice image, and some Helvetica (I think).
QUT's Research page
I liked the nice effect of the letters acting like windows.
On the page itself, a video plays behind the letters.
a – Adobe Illustrator
b – Any image
c – Any text
d – Make text extra bold
e – Text needs to be in front (on top) of image
f – Select both text and image
g – Right click -> Make Clipping Mask
5
I suck at colour
a – Any program with eye-dropper
b – Import colour chart image
c – Use dropper to take nice colours
d – For objects of same type, stick to same row
6
Boo, corporate stock music
Hurrah, CC music.
a – Find a YouTube channel you like
b – Good background music?
c – Where did they get it?
d – Maybe Creative Commons!
