A process in which subjects use a product or service under test conditions and report their experience.
Colours on the opposite side of the colour wheel to warm colours. Typically bluish in tone, such as blue or green.
Also called a paragraph mark, a paragraph sign or section marker, is a typographical character for separating paragraphs. It looks like a "¶".
The space that an item has around it.
The end (straight or curved) of any stroke that doesn’t include a serif. Some typefaces feature ball terminals on letters such as the ‘f’, ‘a’, and ‘c’.
A psychological phenomenon that states that people tend to remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.
A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.
A way to create and test designs. Designers use design sprints as a time-intensive method of quickly testing ideas and then pivoting into designing for user needs. A designer may then take the prototype they created on the first day of the design sprint and fix any usability issues with it, which is a quick way to get feedback on their work before continuing development.
A non-functional first draft of a design.
The art and science of arranging information so that it's intuitive to find, easy to navigate, presents a cohesive design, meets accessibility guidelines, looks attractive on any device or screen size and ultimately drives behaviour change.
A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.