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I am trying to convey frugality and green living in a web app's design. How might you approach that?

• mikegreenberg 15y ago
  Really wish I could help you with this, but most pay good money for a (qualified) UI/UX designer to understand the psychology behind a question like that. While I have ideas on how to approach something like that, it's more ad hoc and random. I know there are processes and techniques that designers rely on to help answer this (theme/mood boards, color charts, studies/research, etc) better than anythings I could suggest. That said, here's where I'd start: 1. Find sites/examples which convey the same qualities as you're interested in expressing yourself. Be specific! (Colors, accents, imagery, text/passages/copy, etc) It helps to include a few keywords next to each example. Sometimes, I print out a bunch of examples and make notes on these (full-color) sheets. 2. Talk to as many designers as you can with these notes in hand. Get their opinion and take notes! (LOTS OF NOTES!!!) 3. Throw up these notes, examples, thoughts, links, resources onto a freelancer site and see if anyone will do some mockups/spec work for you. This will give you more ideas (which you'll pay for) and help you iterate your thoughts toward a decent solution until you can hire someone properly. 4. (Bonus step!) Grok as much info from these sites as you can: http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-influential-design-blogs http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-influential-design-bl...
  • michaeldhopkins 15y ago
    Thanks!