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Design

Posted by Chris Couriard
Chris Couriard
6,695 Points

How do I design a User Interface for an online application that is constantly increasing in size?

We have a product/application that has been written in-house with Ruby by my programmer colleagues. The time has come where the scale of the application has become restricted with the current UI design.

I am a print and web designer, more than a User Experience designer, but does anyone have any advice or know any websites or books to help me design a new way of ordering information and controlling pages layouts etc.

Any help would be appreciated. I've scoured the web, but can't find any relevant articles or inspiration.

Christoph Hellmuth
Christoph Hellmuth
11,604 Points
Christoph Hellmuth
Christoph Hellmuth
11,604 Points

Creating a modular style-guide is always a great way to ensure that all of your components are consistent and you reuse as much of your UI as possible. You can find a good example here: https://dribbble.com/shots/2080529-UI-Style-Guide/attachments/373853

1 Answer

Danelle Bailey
Danelle Bailey
3,403 Points
Danelle Bailey
Danelle Bailey
3,403 Points

I highly recommend learning responsive web design on Treehouse. Also, A List Apart is a great theory site as well as many others on the topic. This will allow flexible design and use on mobile if implemented correctly.