A small collection of motion treatments that help you create animations and transitions for your applications and websites
Have a taste for design, but aren't sure how to apply it to your applications? Whether you're creating a web, desktop, or mobile app this book will guide you through a practical design process that produces usable, elegant software with personality.
Whether you are a tech-savvy artist or a creative-minded technologist, D4S will help you connect the dots between the gray areas of design theory and modern application design.
The book is available from many fine retailers including Amazon, Wiley, Indie Bound, Kobo, Book-a-Million, and Barnes & Noble in a variety of formats including Apple iBook, Amazon Kindle and Google Play.
Sometimes a printed book doesn't cut it when describing interactive design. Below are some live resources from various sections in the book.
A small collection of motion treatments that help you create animations and transitions for your applications and websites
A collection of design templates and vector illustrations and artwork found throughout the book.
Coding with color is more fun than picking traditional color palettes. The samples show programmatic uses of color.
A tool for generating grid layouts for use in creative programs and in code.
This is where it all started. Check out the original slides from the "Design for Software" talk.
A little about me and why I wrote the book
Hi, I’m Erik. For over a decade I’ve been helping engineers design and produce software in a variety of industries — healthcare, automotive, finance, retail, law, education and more.
Working closely with developers for so long I’ve gleaned some unique insights on how to approach design in a software setting. Over time I’ve compiled a collection of design frameworks and tactics that have become my design process for creating software. This process is the premise for the book.