The Easy Way to Design Top Tier Websites

Sajid
10 Jul 202411:53

Summary

TLDRIn diesem Video lernen Sie die wichtigsten Designprinzipien und praktischen Tipps zum Erstellen erstklassiger Websites kennen. Kreativität ist ein Prozess, kein Moment. Gute Designer kombinieren bestehende Ideen auf einzigartige Weise. Regel Nummer eins: Gutes Design ist so wenig Design wie möglich. Verwenden Sie die Gesetze der Ähnlichkeit und Nähe, um das Design zu vereinfachen. Elemente benötigen mehr Abstand als gedacht. Nutzen Sie ein Designsystem und betonen Sie wichtige Elemente mit Hierarchie. Kreativität entsteht durch Verständnis der Grundlagen und das Sammeln von Inspiration. Schließlich, testen und optimieren Sie Ihr Design basierend auf Feedback.

Takeaways

  • 🎨 Kreativität ist ein Prozess, der darauf abzielt, Ideen zu verbinden, anstatt völlig neue zu schaffen.
  • 🎯 Regel Nummer eins: Gutes Design ist so wenig Design wie möglich – Fokus auf essentielle Funktionen und Vermeidung von Unordnung.
  • 🧩 Regel Nummer zwei: Nutze das Gesetz der Ähnlichkeit und Nähe, um das Design zu vereinfachen und Gruppierungen klar zu machen.
  • 📏 Regel Nummer drei: Elemente brauchen mehr Abstand, als man denkt – Beginne mit viel Raum und reduziere nach Bedarf.
  • 🛠️ Regel Nummer vier: Verwende ein Designsystem, besonders bei komplexen Websites oder Apps, um Konsistenz und Effizienz zu gewährleisten.
  • 🔤 Wähle einige wenige Schriftarten und Farben und setze diese als globale Variablen für Einheitlichkeit und Anpassungsfähigkeit.
  • 📐 Regel Nummer fünf: Hierarchie ist entscheidend – Betone wichtige Elemente durch Größe, Gewicht und Farbe.
  • 🌈 Nutze Farben, Schatten und Akzentfarben, um wichtige Elemente hervorzuheben und Tiefe zu schaffen.
  • 📚 Lerne die Grundlagen und finde Inspirationsquellen, um Top-Websites zu gestalten.
  • 🛋️ Lasse die Ideen nach der ersten Phase ruhen und komme später darauf zurück, um neue Perspektiven zu gewinnen.

Q & A

  • Was sind die Hauptdesignprinzipien, die im Video skizziert werden?

    -Die Hauptdesignprinzipien im Video umfassen: Minimales Design, Verwendung des Gesetzes der Ähnlichkeit und Nähe, ausreichend Abstand zwischen Elementen, Nutzung eines Designsystems und Schaffung einer klaren Hierarchie.

  • Was bedeutet es, 'gutes Design ist so wenig Design wie möglich'?

    -Dies bedeutet, dass man sich auf die wesentlichen Funktionen konzentrieren sollte und diese besser und nützlicher für die Benutzer macht, ohne unnötige Elemente hinzuzufügen, die die Benutzer frustrieren oder das Design unansprechend machen.

  • Wie kann man das Gesetz der Ähnlichkeit und Nähe im Design anwenden?

    -Man kann das Gesetz der Ähnlichkeit und Nähe anwenden, indem man Form, Größe, Farbe und Abstand verwendet, um Elemente zu gruppieren und das menschliche Gehirn dabei zu unterstützen, Muster und Ganzes schneller als Einzelteile zu erkennen.

  • Warum ist es wichtig, beim Design mehr Abstand zwischen den Elementen als gedacht zu lassen?

    -Es ist wichtig, mehr Abstand zu lassen, weil Benutzer die gesamte Benutzeroberfläche (UI) überfliegen, bevor sie sich auf einzelne Elemente konzentrieren. Ein ausreichender Abstand erleichtert die Fokussierung auf wichtige Elemente.

  • Was ist ein Designsystem und warum ist es wichtig?

    -Ein Designsystem ist eine Sammlung von grundlegenden Elementen und Komponenten, die für die Erstellung konsistenter Designs verwendet werden. Es ist wichtig, um eine einheitliche Benutzererfahrung und die Effizienz im Designprozess zu gewährleisten.

  • Wie kann man einen effektiven Abstand in einem Designsystem festlegen?

    -Man kann einen effektiven Abstand festlegen, indem man Werte in einem System definiert, das durch Vier teilbar ist, und diese Werte dann als Variablen im Design verwendet, um schnell verschiedene Optionen auszuprobieren.

  • Welche Rolle spielt die Hierarchie im Webdesign?

    -Die Hierarchie spielt eine entscheidende Rolle im Webdesign, da sie bestimmte Elemente auf der Seite hervorhebt, um Benutzern beim Navigieren und Finden wichtiger Aktionen zu helfen.

  • Wie kann man einen Element im Design hervorheben?

    -Man kann ein Element im Design hervorheben, indem man Größe, Gewicht und Farbe verwendet, um den Kontrast zu anderen Elementen zu erhöhen und die Aufmerksamkeit des Benutzers auf das Element zu lenken.

  • Was sind einige Tipps, um die Lesbarkeit von Text in einem Design zu verbessern?

    -Um die Lesbarkeit zu verbessern, sollte man eine geeignete Zeilenhöhe verwenden, die inverser proportional zur Schriftgröße ist, um eine bessere Lesbarkeit für kleinere Schriftgrößen zu gewährleisten.

  • Wie kann man die Kreativität im Designprozess fördern?

    -Kreativität kann gefördert werden, indem man sich mit den Grundlagen vertraut macht, Inspiration aus anderen Designs und Quellen zieht, die Kreativität als einen Prozess und nicht als einen Moment betrachtet und sich Zeit für die Ideenfindung und das Abkochen der Ideen nimmt.

  • Was ist der Vorteil des Verwendens von REM-Einheiten für Schriftgrößen und Abstände?

    -Die Verwendung von REM-Einheiten ermöglicht es, die Designanpassung an die Benutzersystemeinstellungen zu erleichtern, da sie relativ zur Schriftgröße des Benutzers sind und somit eine bessere Responsiveness gewährleisten.

Outlines

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🎨 Prinzipien des gutes Webdesigns

Dieses Video gibt einen Überblick über wichtige Designprinzipien und praktische Tipps für die Erstellung von erstklassigen Websites. Es betont, dass Kreativität ein Prozess ist und nicht ein Moment. Gutes Design bedeutet, so wenig wie möglich zu designen, um die essentiellen Funktionen besser und nützlicher für die Nutzer zu machen. Es wird auch auf die Verwendung von Gesetzmäßigkeiten wie der Ähnlichkeit und Näherungsgesetz eingegangen, um das Design zu vereinfachen. Zudem wird empfohlen, ein Design-System zu verwenden, um bei größeren Projekten Konsistenz zu gewährleisten.

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🌈 Farben, Schriftarten und Kontrast

In diesem Abschnitt werden die Bedeutung von Farben und Schriftarten im Webdesign hervorgehoben. Es wird empfohlen, einen dunklen und hellen Farbton für den Text und den Hintergrund zu wählen und zwei zusätzliche Farben, um dem Design Persönlichkeit zu verleihen. Die Lesbarkeit der Farben und die Vermeidung von überwältigendem Text werden betont. Auch die Bedeutung von Zeilenhöhe und Schriftgröße für die Lesbarkeit wird erläutert. Zudem werden die Erstellung von Links und Buttons und die Bedeutung der Hierarchie im Design thematisiert.

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🛠️ Kreativität als Prozess und mentaler Zustand

Der dritte Abschnitt konzentriert sich auf die Kreativität als einen laufenden Prozess und als mentalen Zustand. Es wird beschrieben, wie man Ideen sammelt, wie man von ihnen abweicht, um neue zu generieren, und wie man Tests durchführt, um das Design zu optimieren. Es wird betont, dass man nicht an seinem Design festhalten sollte und stets offen für Anpassungen aufgrund von Feedback sein sollte. Schließlich wird die Bedeutung des Loslegens und des Handelns, um die Kreativität zu fördern, hervorgehoben.

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Highlights

Creativity is a process, not a moment.

Good design is as little design as possible, focusing on essential features and avoiding clutter.

Start with the key functionality or main selling point of the website.

Use the law of similarity and proximity to simplify design and group elements.

Elements need more spacing than you think; start with a lot of spacing and reduce as needed.

Use a design system to maintain consistency and simplify the design process.

Use REM units for font size and margins to adapt to user system preferences.

Pick a few colors that are legible and don't overwhelm users.

Emphasize important elements using size, weight, and color without overdoing it.

Introduce depth and use shadows to add character and highlight important elements.

Gather inspiration from top-tier websites and design communities.

Step away from the problem and take a break to allow new ideas to come naturally.

Test your design with friends, colleagues, and users, and be open to feedback.

Focus on completing designs rather than making them perfect initially.

Creativity is a state of mind, not just a process.

Transcripts

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in this video you will learn the key

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design principles and practical tips to

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build top tier websites consider this a

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guide to creativity because creativity

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is a process not a moment being creative

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isn't about being the first person to

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think of an idea it's all about

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connecting ideas you don't have to

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create new designs from a blank slate

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top designers take what is already

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present and combine those elements in a

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unique way but to be able to do that you

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need to know the rules of the game rule

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number one good design is as little

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design as possible it means focus on

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essential features and make them better

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and useful for the

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users it also means less colors words

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and clutter on the

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screen here's a common mistake when

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designing a website you start with the

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header and then go down from there or

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you are thinking about the overall

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structure how many sections do I need

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how wide they should be how should I

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design the buttons that that's a lot of

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hows each of these questions will slow

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you down and drain your creativity

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instead ask what's the key functionality

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or the main selling point of this

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website for a lot of websites it could

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be a heading input field and a button

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start from there at this point design as

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little as possible chances are that's

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all you needed anyway don't complicate

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websites by adding too many elements

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that frustrate users and looks ugly as

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well our brain has evolved to simplify

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things and looks for key visual

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information

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only so why not choose the easy way and

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keep things

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simple it's a win-win situation rule

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number two use the law of similarity and

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proximity to simplify the design you can

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use shape size color and spacing to

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group elements gestal Theory emphasizes

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that the whole of something is greater

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than its parts focusing on how our minds

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perceive patterns and holes rather than

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just individual elements our brain first

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processes the information as a whole and

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as we spend more time looking at

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something we start to notice the small

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details as well so your first goal is to

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make the design simple enough to be

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understood as a whole in simple words

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the design should be scannable within

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seconds this ties nicely with the first

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rule as well the law of similarity not

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only makes the design better and

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consistent it's easier to implement as

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well

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the law of proximity on the other hand

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gives you a better understanding of

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layout and

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spacing rule number three elements need

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more spacing than you think when you are

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focused on designing a specific element

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the space might seem too much to you but

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the users scan the whole UI before

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focusing on individual elements so start

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with a lot of spacing and look at the

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design as a whole then start to remove

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it until you are happy with the results

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but doing this manually becomes boring

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and repetitive so you need a system in

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place rule number four use a design

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system especially if you are designing a

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big and complex website or app because

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it's made up of essential elements and

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components there are multiple ways to

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create a design system for a simple

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website you just need to Define key

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Design Elements and you are good to go

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for uis you need more complex and

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detailed design system that covers a lot

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of scenarios

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once you understand the basic design

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principles Behind These systems you

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don't really need a CSS framework to

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style your

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websites let's start with spacing you

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can use this list to get started or

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create your own system just have the

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values that are divisible by four now

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spacing totally depends on the context

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it's a very bad idea to design with

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lauram ipsum or vague data because a

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spacing that is perfect for this card

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can be a disaster for this one the

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system is is just there to help you pick

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a value quickly so you can play with

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different values instead of trying

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random values on the fly in the previous

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example we started with a lot of spacing

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like 40 pixels then bring elements

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closer that belong together to do that

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pick a value from this system let's try

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20 it's still pretty big let's try 12

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perfect but generally we use REM units

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for font size and margins so the design

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can adapt to the user system preference

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to assign REM values just divide the

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pixel value by 16 the new system will

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look something like this a better way is

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to set these values as variables so you

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can play with different values and see

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what works

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best same thing for your fonts and

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colors handpick few values and assign

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them as Global variables you can get

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started by picking any one font and type

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scale that fits your project there is no

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real science in choosing colors so don't

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fall for those tutorials or articles

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that teach you the psychology of colors

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just pick a dark and light color for

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your text and background and two more to

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add some personality just make sure the

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colors are legible and don't overwhelm

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the users for the same reason avoid text

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to line Center especially for paragraphs

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and smaller text size one more point

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line height is inversely proportional to

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the font size that means smaller text

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needs greater line height for better

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legibility

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greater line height also acts as margin

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top on text elements so you don't have

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to assign spacing between all text

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elements it's already done for you now

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that you have your fonts and colors in

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place design the key elements start with

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the links and buttons you generally need

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two types of each one for primary

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actions and one for secondary

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actions once we have a design system in

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place we can start the actual design

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process web design is all about putting

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the right elements at the right place

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with the right sizing that brings us to

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rule number five hierarchy is everything

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we need to emphasize certain elements on

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the page to help users navigate and find

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important actions to emphasize important

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elements we can use size weight and

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color but it's very easy to overdo these

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things so start small you will be

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surprised to see how little changes can

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make a big impact on the overall design

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now to emphasize an element ask yourself

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what's the first thing the user will

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look for I guess it's the title so we

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need to emphasize it let's start with

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the color but white on black has a

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pretty good contrast ratio so let's

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reduce the contrast from the secondary

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information sometimes to emphasize

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something you need to deemphasize other

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competing elements in our case it's not

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enough so let's add more contrast by

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increasing the font weight it's almost

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there but you can go a step further

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further and increase the font size as

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well and when you are done with the

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design zoom out to see if the title

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stands out from the secondary

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information we do this because the users

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will scan and look for key information

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to focus on if the design isn't

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scannable you need to do some

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adjustments it could be choosing

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different font size a darker color or

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simply a bit more spacing do whatever

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you can to emphasize the elements you

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know the users will look for sometimes

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it could be labels and sometimes it

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could be values or maybe an icon it all

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depends on the context not all H1 tags

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will have the same size and margins same

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thing is true for other tags as well

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sometimes the H3 or paragraph tag could

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have a bigger font size than the h2 tag

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it all depends on the context just

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emphasize the most important elements

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and keep the rest of the design as it is

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good design is less design and More

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Design is almost always results in

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uglier design

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but like everything in life there are a

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few exceptions to this rule as well

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introduce depth to add some character

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use colors and shadows to elevate

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important elements Shadows can also be

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used to replace solid borders the closer

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something feels to the user the more it

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will attract their focus speaking of

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Focus use your accent colors to

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highlight important

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elements one easy trick to add a bit of

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excitement is by replacing a solid color

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with a subtle

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gradient you could also work on your

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lists and tables to make them more fun

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and engaging for the users and try using

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cards for Bland

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elements but the question is how do you

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get these ideas in the beginning I said

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creativity is a process not a moment now

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it's time to explain that process step

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one know the basics that we have covered

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already also read these books they have

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some really good practical tips to build

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top tier websites the second step is

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finding a source of inspiration you can

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look at the top tier websites and study

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their style or check out some amazing

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work on figma

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community I personally use mobin to take

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design Inspirations for my projects so I

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asked them to sponsor this video and

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thankfully they agreed say you are

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designing a testimonial section for a

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finance app go to filters and search for

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testimonial section then set the app

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category to finance

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now we have the testimonial section for

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some top tier apps in the world now look

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around and save the ones you like to

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your

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library whether you are designing for

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mobile or a full-blown web app mobin has

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a huge library of tried and tested

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designs so definitely include it in your

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design

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process once you have gathered enough

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Inspirations it's time to work over

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those designs in your mind trust is

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crucial for finance apps so the

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designers Must Have Spent A lot lot of

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time and research on the testimonial

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section let's try to look at these as

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users and make a note of key things you

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like about these designs for me they

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were simple and unique I really like the

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ones with a human face and simple

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language I hate generic testimonial

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sections that have a bunch of reviews

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with no emotions so I have few ideas now

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we need two to three good reviews

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ideally with great images and we need

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big and bold text to emphasize them but

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don't go designing yet

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once you have some Initial Ideas try to

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step away from the problem and do

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something else this is a very important

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step in the creative process this is not

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just limited to design if you are stuck

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with a problem watch few tutorials or

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read some articles then think of these

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potential Solutions in your mind but

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don't act on it just take a break and do

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something else I promise when you

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revisit the problem new ideas will come

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naturally to you if this doesn't work it

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means you are under a lot of stress

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lately or not getting proper sleep so

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work on that first let's say you got

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some new ideas and finished your design

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step five is to not fall in love with it

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we all have personal biases and see

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things in a certain way so first test

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your design by showing it to your

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friends or colleagues if they like it

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test it with your users and always be

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open to adjust the design based on

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feedback sometimes you have to design

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several ter websites just to discover

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that you designed one good pricing

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section in the third design just finish

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something anything stop planning and

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thinking to design and just design it

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doesn't matter how good or how bad it is

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you just need to prove to yourself that

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you have what it takes to produce

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something creativity is not just a

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process it's also a state of mind

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