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Tutorial 6
The Art of GUI Design
Ellen Story, Patricia Kelton
Gomoll Research & Design, M&I Data Services
June 29, 1999, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Good design makes for engaging products that are easy-to-use, allowing people to be more productive. The designer's responsibility is to be the user's voice in the development process. GUI platforms and programming tools make it easy for most anyone to lay out user interfaces, but those who are not versed in design risk creating difficult-to-use software, because design is more than layout. In this tutorial, we'll follow a case study to illustrate taking a problem from high-level conceptual design through interaction and visual design to screen layout. We'll discuss design principles and elements along with GUI control usage. Participants will practice what they learn through design exercises.
Ellen Story is a consultant with Gomoll Research & Design, where she helps clients with field research, human interface design, prototyping, and usability testing. She has worked in the field of software design and development since 1985. While working at Northwestern Mutual Life, she became a user interface design specialist, educating teams on the user-centered design process and helping design user interfaces. Ellen later joined M&I Data Services in the role of human interface designer, where she conducted research at user sites created human interface models, developed detailed window designs, and participated in usability testing for financial services software.
Patricia Kelton is the senior visual designer at M&I Data Services. She is responsible for setting the visual design standards for all of M&I's GUIs. This involves illustration, icon development, screen layout, documentation, and overseeing vendors. Her special interest is in creating humanistic software to counter the increasingly stressful work environments that users find themselves in. She presented at the Usability Professionals' Association 1998 and 1997 conferences. Previously she was Creative Director at Quad Creative, a full service design firm. She started her career at Cramer-Krasselt, a national full-service advertising agency with annual billings above 100 million.
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