Training > Visual Design Techniques

Audience: UI Designers, Web Designers, Graphic Designers, Usability Engineers, Developers, Product Managers, and anyone tasked with designing, implementing or evaluating the visual aspects of a user interface. This course is particularly relevant to organizations with few or no Visual Designers.

Description: Visual Design is integral to the usability of a product or website; it’s not just the icing on the cake. In this course, you’ll learn how audience, meaning and style provide the direction for your design. Learn how to design a visual hierarchy, how to apply spacing and alignment, how color affects perception, and how and when to use different fonts and typography. You’ll take part in several interactive exercises in which you will apply the concepts presented.

Length: 4 - 8 hours (customizable)

Course highlights: 8 weapons in the visual design arsenal the value and appropriate use of icon libraries color visual affordances consistency applying graphic elements examples and exercises.