My annotations from Design Principles – a guide (CXPartners, 2015)
Design Principles:
What are they?
- They are meant to provide rules or guidelines to align design and decisions.
- They can be used to represent a project or define the intentions of a corporation.
Why use them?
- To provide consistency and help determine the non-negotiable requirements from a boss or client.
- Creates a framework to work by.
How to make them?
- Create them once your research is complete and before the design process.
- They could be answers to the questions you have set out when considering what you need to do to serve your user.
- Agree on the final principles with project stakeholders
What makes a good design principle?
- Grounded in user or business need
- Needed to help make a decision
- Practical and actionable
- Not requirements
- Not too obvious
CXPartners (June 18, 2015). Design Principles – a guide [Blog post].