The Design Principles at Slideshare

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

2. Quick
Dirty
&
…In making powerpoint
sexy

3. Ugly teens
turn into
attractive
adults

4. Ugly teens
turn into
attractive
adults

5. Ugly teens
turn into
attractive
adults

6. Teenage
powerpoint

8. Powerpoint
today

11. It's not just what it looks like
and feels like.
Design is how it
works.
“
”
— Steve jobs, 2003

12. A cat dies every time i hear
“let’s make it
look good”

13. Design for people,
not designers
Loud, vocal, naysaying
designers can f**k themselves

14. Hire engineers
with design
sensibilities

15. no typical
“UI Developer”
role
HTML is common ground between
designers & developers

16. Design is
metrics driven

17. Design is
metrics driven

18. SAY no

21. "Design is shrinking the
gap between
what a product does
and why it exists"
— Sahil Lavingia, 2012

23. 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

24. QUESTIONS?