Hello, I’m Tian-Yuan Zhao
UX
- MECE: Mutually-Exclusive, Comprehensively-Exhaustive
- The Rule of Threes or Prime Numbers at least
- Laws of UX
- FEEEL states (1st-time, Errors, Empties, Edge-Cases, Loading)
- Understanding Biz goals & Tech constraints
UI
- 8 Point Grid
- Symmetry
- 10 Usability Heuristics
- Labels Labels Labels (Communication is Key after all)
- Copy Copy Copy (Alliteration wherever/whenever possible)
Overall
- Competitive/Comparative analysis of design patterns
- Firm understanding of the affordances of said patterns
- Exploratory work with various variations (Double-Diamond)
- Quant/Qual data from either research or testing - generally been secondary
- Rules or standards were made to be broken! (sometimes)
- Boring design can be good if not great design at times
- Accessibility/Inclusivity is always important but not 100% in my control
- Things don’t always have to be symmetrical
