There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
ALAN COOPER- Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information.
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- black
- grey
- blue
- red
- brown
- white
Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information.
More Alan Cooper Quotes
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There’s only one thing you can use against pure logic, and that’s common sense.
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There is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
ALAN COOPERThere is little difference technically between a complicated, confusing program and a simple, fun, and powerful product.
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If you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
ALAN COOPERIf you are not going to produce albums then you are not going to produce new fans. It’s impossible.
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I’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
ALAN COOPERI’m a huge believer in putting music out as quickly as early as possible.
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It’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.
ALAN COOPERIt’s harder than you might think to squander millions of dollars, but a flawed software development process is a tool well suited to the job.
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Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
ALAN COOPERDesign principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
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And as soon as any object exhibits sufficient cognitive function, those instincts kick in and we react as though we were interacting with another sentient human being.
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It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants.
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To scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
ALAN COOPERTo scenes by memory’s silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho’ it sprung From one united heart.
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If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
ALAN COOPERIf you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.
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Touring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
ALAN COOPERTouring hard and then working on putting the next one out. I don’t need to break. I just need to put a record out.
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If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.
ALAN COOPERIf your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.
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You Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
ALAN COOPERYou Don’t Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!
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Because computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
ALAN COOPERBecause computers have memories, we imagine that they must be something like our human memories, but that is simply not true.
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You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
ALAN COOPERYou can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.
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One of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
ALAN COOPEROne of the most heinous, insidious lies is the notion that you have to be an asshole to be a successful business person.
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