{"id":603,"date":"2008-08-12T14:02:55","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T19:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/?p=603"},"modified":"2008-08-12T14:06:26","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T19:06:26","slug":"generate-design-ideas-rinse-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/603","title":{"rendered":"Generate Design Ideas. Rinse. Repeat."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adaptivepath.com\/\">Adaptive Path<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adaptivepath.com\/aboutus\/kumi.php\">Kumi Akiyoshi<\/a> blogged a quick piece about the visual design of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adaptivepath.com\/aurora\/\">Aurora<\/a>. I really love the exploratory designs that were created before deciding on the one we saw in the videos. I don&#8217;t necessarily love all of the features within them, but <a href=\"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/461\">it is so important to create multiple design options before settling on the one that will be developed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adaptivepath.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mainnav.jpg\" alt=\"Aurora Design Option\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A visual design option for Adaptive Path&#8217;s Aurora, by Kumi Akiyoshi<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.adaptivepath.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/mist1.png\" alt=\"Another Aurora Design Option\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another design option (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adaptivepath.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/11\/aurora-visual-design\/\">see more<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>These examples show different options for the visual design, but you can generate ideas for anything you design. I do this all the time when I&#8217;m designing exactly how a feature will work. 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