Design is Trust— 9 Principles For Interactive Credibility

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Design serves one purpose and one purpose only: to gain the trust of its intended audience. Whether the need is for clarity or to obscure information, design is a tool we use not to convey information, but to present that information in a way that the viewer will perceive as confident and competent. Once that basic line of trust is established, it is only then that design can clearly work to help turn data into knowledge and knowledge into understanding. In this session, Jason will present the 9 principles of trust for design, and look at how they can be practically applied to improve any design.

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910 PRINCIPLES FOR INTERACTIVE CREDIBILITY^DESIGN IS TRUST

jason cranford teague

@jasonspeaking | www.jasonspeaking.com | iam@jasonspeaking.com

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910 PRINCIPLES FOR INTERACTIVE CREDIBILITY^DESIGN IS TRUST

jason cranford teague

@jasonspeaking | www.jasonspeaking.com | iam@jasonspeaking.com

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Smile that frightens small children

Hang loose or devil sign?

Widows peak indicate possible vampirism

Embroidered shirt commonly worn by pirates

Why would you trust this man?

17 years of Web design experience

Dozens of conference presentations for SXSW, HOW,

WebVisions…

15 Books & 100s of articles on digital media design

MS in Tech. Comm. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Clients have included Marriott, AOL, Bank of America, Virgin, Coca-Cola, WebMD, Aspen Ideas Festival…

Why you should trust this man!

SHOW

THE CLIENT

“People think it's this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, 'Make it look good!' That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

— Steve Jobs

INTERACTIVE DESIGN

DESIGN = TRUST

“One Third of 12–15 year olds believe that if a search engine lists information then it must be truthful…

— Truth, Lies and the Internet Demos.co.uk ⅓

“…15 per cent don’t consider the veracity of results but just visit the sites they ‘like the look of’.

— Truth, Lies and the Internet Demos.co.uk

15%

9 PRINCIPLES…1. Be Sincere

2. Know Your Voice

3. Preserve Context

4. Transition Changes

5. Guide, Don’t Dictate

6. Show, Then Tell

7. Keep Promises

8. Make it Simple, Not Simplistic

9. Leave Them Wanting More

AUDIENCE

“Contempt for the intelligence of the audience engenders graphics that lie… graphic excellence begins with telling the truth.

—Edward Tufte

WHERE DO WE START?

SINCERITY

BE SINCEREFIRST PRINCIPLE

sublimevideo.net

preserve reality

faciodesign.co.uk

texture

depth

contrast

KNOW YOUR VOICE

SECOND PRINCIPLE

classical

contemporary

grunge

CONSISTENT VOICE

grafik.com

Constant Voice

PRESERVE CONTEXT

THIRD PRINCIPLE

OUT OF CONTEXT

utah.gov

Provide a backdrop

Preserve Fixed Points

TRANSITION CHANGES

FOURTH PRINCIPLE

CHANGE BLINDNESS

pubaid.org

“show the in-between

twitter.com

click for details

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GUIDE, DON’T DICTATE

FOURTH PRINCIPLE

“No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

— Ansel Adams

DON’T THINK OF AN ELEPHANT!

zomertoer.railscluster.nl

help the user find their path

SHOW, THEN TELLFIFTH PRINCIPLE

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

— Anton Chekhov

WE SEE PATTERNS FIRST

thenounproject.org

miessociety.org

KEEP PROMISESSEVENTH PRINCIPLE

“The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

verizon.com

INCONSISTENT INTERFACES ARE A BROKEN PROMISE

MAKE IT SIMPLE, NOT SIMPLISTIC

EIGHTH PRINCIPLE

“Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.

— Anaïs Nin

Lings Cars

DON’T MAKE ME THINK!

enoughproject.org

LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE

NINTH PRINCIPLE

netflix.com

more movies are always available

countyhealthrankings.org

countysinrankings.org

9 PRINCIPLES…1. Be Sincere

2. Know Your Voice

3. Preserve Context

4. Transition Changes

5. Guide, Don’t Dictate

6. Show, Then Tell

7. Keep Promises

8. Make it Simple, Not Simplistic

9. Leave Them Wanting More

“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.

It is as simple as that.

—Edward R. Murrow

910 PRINCIPLES FOR INTERACTIVE CREDIBILITY^DESIGN IS TRUST

jason cranford teague

@jasonspeaking | www.jasonspeaking.com | iam@jasonspeaking.com

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