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Question

I have a dillema, where our customer relations department was brought in to advise on the user interface, and I strongly disagree with it ... although I do not consider myself a designer at all. Although I was vocals about my disagreement about this, I was asked to indicate design standards to prove that what I am saying is correct and that the client relationship guys are wrong.

The layout is below, I'm trying to argue that the plane, boat and couch icons (I also did not select them) belong to the page title (the same area as the logo) and not to the page content area. Can someone help me by pointing me to something that will help prove my point?

Many thanks,

Greg Andora

Answer 1

The fact that people ask what the icons are for emphasizes the design problem. And it can go against the principle of visibility :

Your design should contain all the necessary options and materials for this task, visible without distracting the user with extraneous or redundant information. Good projects do not overwhelm users with too many alternatives or confuse them with unnecessary information.

However, this does not mean that moving the icons elsewhere solves the problem.

Answer 2

If it’s just for decoration, badges can be inserted anywhere, if this does not interfere with the user's work.

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