Try not to gloss over complexity. Design work in the real world is pretty hard. If you design a fake graph, put in realistic data. If you fake redesign a site, like my Verizon Wireless redesign, don’t just magically remove an ad unit. If you create a sexy fake login screen, don’t forget to include a way to recover lost passwords or usernames.Fake designs yield real results
One of the major problems with the blockfolio interface is the navigation structure. You have everything crammed up top, to the navigation bar — from the ‘portfolio graph’ button to the ‘news’ and ‘Add Transaction’ button.I decided to challenge myself by redesigning Blockfolio
I personally was surprised when learned that our eyes are more sensitive to the height of an object than to its width. It explains why even in geometric fonts, letters “o” are always wider than geometric circles, and the vertical stems of letters “H” are always thicker than the horizontal ones.Optical Effects in User Interfaces (for True Nerds)
