May 2022
Beginner
454 pages
4h 19m
English
Content preview from 101 UX Principles – 2nd edition - Second Edition
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#65
If You Must Use “Flat Design” Then Add Some Visual Affordances to Controls
Minimalism is generally good and reducing clutter and visual distractions can often help a user to find what they need more quickly. Minimalism does not, however, mean making controls so minimal that they are impossible to use.
The flat design aesthetic (refer to #13, Make Interactive Elements Obvious and Discoverable) tends to remove visual affordances, but not to the same extent as the newly-emerging “web brutalism.” Brutalism, inspired by the brutalist architectural style, is an aesthetic in product design that deliberately looks unstyled and raw (Craigslist is a great example):
Figure 65.1: Craigslist: no, it’s not broken—it’s supposed to look like that
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