Explaining things clearly

Design tricks by a non-designer

Venn of experience
David Hume

1
You don't just give them
flour, butter, eggs, and sugar;
You bake the cake
with them.

a – You have a list of things.

b – What is the structure of the list?

c – Get a metaphor for the structure.

boring mooc list
fun mooc image
placematexample
industrial machine from Creative Market

I bought a kit for $12
(with a discount voucher)









industrial machine from Creative Market

Edited the machine in
Adobe Illustrator.


 

 

 

 

d – Milk the metaphor

rejection feels like fire

2
Get everyone on the same page
literally

10 people

Salary 130k

1.5 hours

= $1,260

placematexample

3
Making things really simple
can provoke good discussion.

metaphysics

4
Find some designs that you like;
learn how to make them.

a slide by @angeBassa from CSV Conference

Slide by @AngeBassa at CSVConf.


 
It's just a particular shape - filled with a nice image, and some Helvetica (I think).
 

 
Easy to copy this slide
Easy to copy this slide
a slide by @angeBassa from CSV Conference

QUT's Research page


 
I liked the nice effect of the letters acting like windows.
On the page itself, a video plays behind the letters.
 

 
Clipping in AI

a – Adobe Illustrator

b – Any image

c – Any text

d – Make text extra bold

e – Text needs to be in front (on top) of image

f – Select both text and image

g – Right click -> Make Clipping Mask

Clipping in AE

5
I suck at colour

colour chart
Sucking colour in PP

a – Any program with eye-dropper

b – Import colour chart image

c – Use dropper to take nice colours

d – For objects of same type, stick to same row

colour chart
my illustrator set up
I want Hue

6
Boo, corporate stock music
Hurrah, CC music.

a – Find a YouTube channel you like

b – Good background music?

c – Where did they get it?

d – Maybe Creative Commons!

I want Hue
I want Hue