• The process of designing the physical representation of
your interface as your users would see it on the screen
of their electronic device.
• The objective of visual interface design is to
communicate meaning,
The main building blocks of visual interface design
• Layout and Positioning
• Provides structure to all the visual elements in your interface.
• Defines hierarchy and relationships through the spacing
between elements.
• Bringing elements closer together indicates a relationship
between them; for example, labels under icons.
• Positioning can improve flow, too. For example, positioning
labels in forms above text fields, rather than to the left, allows
us to move our eyes down them easily, rather than have to
keep look ing left to check which label applies to which field.
• Shape and Size
• Shape can be used to differentiate elements; for example, by
varying the silhouettes of icons to make them easier and
quicker to recognize.
• Size can be used to indicate importance, bigger elements being
more significant. Size can also make clickable controls more
usable; Fitt’s law tells us that the bigger a clickable area is, the
quicker users can move their mouse cursor over it.
• Making the most frequently used controls bigger will make it
easier for your users to click on them, and thus improve the
efficiency of the interface.