When it comes to design, beauty boils down to two things: fulfilling a function well and bringing joy. In other words, beauty in design is less about aesthetic beauty and more about how well it helps us perform certain tasks.
Alan Moore
A British designer, artist, and entrepreneur. Advised companies such as Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and Coca Cola.
Beauty
Design Principles
Good Design
Irrespective of gender, people rate individuals in high face-ism images as being more intelligent, dominant, and ambitious than individuals in low face-ism images.
William Lidwell
The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.
Design Principles
Perception
Psychology
People do judge books by their covers, internet sites by their first pages, and buildings by their lobbies.
William Lidwell
The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.
Design Principles
First Impression
Psychology
UX Design
That a user should not be kept waiting unnecessarily is an obvious and humane design principle. It is also humane not to hurry a user; the more general principle is: Users should set the pace of an interaction.
Jef Raskin
An American human–computer interface expert best known for conceiving and starting the Macintosh project at Apple in the late 1970s.