Learn Enough Design to be Dangerous
summary
Argues design is a learnable science grounded in perception and shows concrete tools: a johannes eaton color wheel and four palettes (monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic), six Gestalt grouping rules, visual hierarchy via size/placement/color, balance/white space, and typography basics (kerning, tracking, leading, serif vs sans). Uses real UI examples—Facebook blue, Amazon’s orange handled with a complementary scheme, Pepsi’s triadic accents—to show these techniques fix specific problems rather than just sounding nice.
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chapters (30)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:29How did I end up here?
- 3:16Contextual Influence
- 4:00The Color Wheel
- 4:41X Hues, Tints, Tones, and Shades
- 4:58Warm vs. Cool Colors
- 5:43Color Schemes
- 6:42Analogous
- 7:13Complimentary
- 7:57Triadic
- 8:40Braaaaaaains
- 9:20Gestalt Principles of Design
- 9:32Similarity
- 9:50Closure
- 10:09Continuity
- 10:29Proximity
- 10:43Figure/Ground
- 11:07Symmetry
- 11:39Visual Hierarchy Placement
- 12:04X Creating Hierarchy through Size
- 12:29Creating Hierarchy through Placement
- 12:50X Creating Hierarchy through Color
- 13:58Unbalanced Designs
- 14:26Asymmetrically Balanced Designs
- 15:25White Space
- 16:52Early Typography
- 17:19Typography Terms & Basics
- 20:30Types of Type
- 21:20Sans-Serif
- 21:35Display
