The Design Principles at Slideshare

Quick Dirty(That’s NOT what she said…)

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Quick Dirty

&…In making powerpointsexy

Ugly teensturn into

attractive adults

Ugly teensturn into

attractive adults

Ugly teensturn into

attractive adults

Teenage powerpoint

Powerpointtoday

It's not just what it looks like and feels like.

Design is how it works.

“

”— Steve jobs, 2003

A cat dies every time i hear

“let’s make it look good”

Design for people,not designers

Loud, vocal, naysaying designers can f**k themselves

Hire engineerswith designsensibilities

no typical “UI Developer”

roleHTML is common ground between

designers & developers

Design is metrics driven

Design is metrics driven

SAY no

"Design is shrinking the gap between

what a product does and why it exists"

— Sahil Lavingia, 2012

How we helped make PowerPoint sexy

Focused on how it works

Designed for people, not designers

Hired engineers with design sensibilities

BEING metrics driven

Saying no to bells and whistles

QUESTIONS?