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[before] How to Do Empathetic Design

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1. Communicate through white space
Control the pace
Leave generous margins
Give consistency to change
Create a sense of simplicity
Use color to emphasize typography
Use color to separate information
Build horizontal grids through white space
Create oases
Make images stand out
Respect the text

2. Design and typography are like a well-made suit.
An ordinary person may not notice the hand-sewn buttons (decorative typefaces), the delicate dart tailoring (perfect alignment), or the premium fabric (perfect font size).
But they instinctively sense how expensive that suit is.
- Marian Bantjes

3. Book - Masters of Graphic Design
Catalog covers of UCLA Extension
What is green?

This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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