Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 26 October 2016

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

  • How the Flat UI Design Style Affects Interface Text

    Wait, what? Can a design trend real­ly influ­ence the way we use text in an interface?

    Yes, it can. We saw last week that design and con­tent influ­ence each oth­er, and that includes pure design trends like the flat UI look that’s all the rage right now (includ­ing right here on site​point​.com).

    So if you’re apply­ing the flat UI aes­thet­ic to your web­site, here are a few easy ways to make sure your text best sup­ports user inter­ac­tions to with­in that visu­al context.”

  • Principles of User Interface Design
    ““To design is much more than sim­ply to assem­ble, to order, or even to edit; it is to add val­ue and mean­ing, to illu­mi­nate, to sim­pli­fy, to clar­i­fy, to mod­i­fy, to dig­ni­fy, to dra­ma­tize, to per­suade, and per­haps even to amuse.” – Paul Rand”

  • The Pro’s Guide to Packaging Design

    Good prod­uct pack­ag­ing design rein­forces the brand’s DNA, says Design Packaging’s cre­ative direc­tor Evelio Mattos – with the best work cre­at­ing emo­tion­al respons­es in the process.”