Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 23 December 2014

The day’s best and most impor­tant design- and design business-focused arti­cles, tuto­ri­als, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.

  • Seducing the Connected Consumer with Design

    Digital is often mis­tak­en for mere tech­nol­o­gy. But like the print­ing press, fac­to­ry line and auto­mo­bile, it’s a social phe­nom­e­na. A phe­nom­e­na that is chang­ing our behav­ior and how we do business.

    Brian Solis described this new gen­er­a­tion of users as the con­nect­ed con­sumers. Consumers shaped by mobile, social media and the web. These are a new gen­er­a­tion of empow­ered con­sumers that have dif­fer­ent expectations.

    So how do we keep this new gen­er­a­tion of cus­tomer happy?

  • Design Principles: Visual Weight And Direction
    Every ele­ment on a web page exerts a visu­al force that attracts the eye of the view­er. The greater the force, the more the eye is attract­ed. These forces also appear to act on oth­er ele­ments, impart­ing a visu­al direc­tion to their poten­tial move…