Record or host 5 UI redesign sessions
Purpose
Take a few sections of the product UI and redesign them with an overall goal of UI polish that:
- Removes visual clutter from the UI (think lines, bordered boxes and containers, nesting, too many icons, etc.).
- Applies Pajamas guidelines (component use, spacing, typography, etc.).
- Applies Gestalt Principles (our very own @timnoah's work is featured in the link
😉 ). - Considers the 5 dimensions of interaction design.
- Considers responsive layout and content malleability.
- Considers accessibility and the "content behind the content."
- Considers i18n and universal design.
Note that this isn't a prescriptive exercise — it's conceptual, iterative, and directionally aimed at applying a consistent design process to GitLab's UI. If any north star concepts
The main outcome is that as designers we'd each be aware of ways to improve the experiences we're responsible for by leveraging a shared design direction and applying the same principles. To put it another way — UI polish that leads to better UX.
Sessions
- Each session will be recorded and participation will be opt-in based on scheduling availability.
- I'll have a subject to work on and spend some preliminary time working through ideas so that during the session I can more quickly recreate it and walk through my thinking and what's being applied. I'll be designing in Figma, so this'll also demonstrate my process there.
- Recordings will be posted to the Unfiltered Youtube channel.
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UI redesign session 1: Boards -
UI redesign session 2: Keys and Tokens -
UI redesign session 3: On-call Schedules/Escalation Policies -
UI redesign session 4: Profile -
UI redesign session 4: TBD
Edited by Jeremy Elder