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Now we've talked a lot about some of the fundamental rules of user interface design and things that
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you should keep in mind when you're creating a UI designs.
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But where exactly do you stop when you know nothing about design?
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How do you create these beautiful designs?
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Well we actually have a whole module dedicated to taking you through from use a floor mapping to wire
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framing to mockups to prototyping and that will take you through the journey of a digital designer.
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But one of the most important things to keep in mind not just when you're approaching design but also
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when you're approaching development or coding or starting a business or anything is to keep it as simple
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as you can to start with.
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So when you're creating your website or your app, start with the design that is completely monochrome
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just black and white or hints of gray.
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That way you can focus on the layout,
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you can focus on the alignment, you can focus on making things look good where they are without being
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distracted by colors or images or any of the fancy stuff.
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So start in monochrome and give it a single shot of color like UBER does to highlight the key things
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that you want to
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draw people's attention to.
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Now remember if everything is black and white even a hint of color will stand out in a big way. And then
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maybe add two colors or three and go up from there.
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Don't start with complexity and tone it down.
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Always start with the simplest thing possible and then go upwards.
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There's a really great website called Dribbble which is where digital designers showcase some of their
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best work in their portfolios and is also a great place where you can find design talent for your next
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project or get inspiration about how you can approach your next design project. And it has one really
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well hidden search capability and that's the ability to search by color.
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So the link to the search functionality is in the text below this video.
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And what you can do here is you can enter a particular hex code of a color and look at how professional
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designers are using that color or combining it with other colors to make their designs come to life.
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So the idea is that once you've designed your app in monochrome then you're thinking about coloring
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it up
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so have a look over there and see if you can be inspired.