Interaction Design Style (Part 2 of 5)
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The document discusses elements of style in writing. It provides 22 tips or rules for writing style, such as using active verbs and nouns, revising and rewriting, avoiding unnecessary qualifiers, keeping language clear and concise, and preferring standard styles over unconventional ones. It also briefly mentions the history of style in different creative fields like fashion, music, art and graphic design.
Interaction Design Style (Part 2 of 5)
- 1. Interaction Design Style (Part 2 of 5) ASIS&T IA Summit Monday, March 24, 2007
- 22. Music
- 37. Elements Of Style Place yourself in the background. Write in a way that comes naturally. Work from a suitable design. Write with nouns and verbs. Revise and rewrite. Do not overwrite. Do not overstate. Avoid the use of qualifiers. Do not affect a breezy manner. Use orthodox spelling. Do not explain too much. Do not construct awkward adverbs. Make sure the reader knows who is speaking. Avoid fancy words. Do not use dialect unless your ear is good. Be clear. Do not inject opinion. Use figures of speech sparingly. Do not take shortcuts at the cost of clarity. Avoid foreign languages. Prefer the standard to the offbeat.
- 38. Elements Of Style Place yourself in the background. Write in a way that comes naturally. Work from a suitable design. Write with nouns and verbs. Revise and rewrite. Do not overwrite. Do not overstate. Avoid the use of qualifiers. Do not affect a breezy manner. Use orthodox spelling. Do not explain too much. Do not construct awkward adverbs. Make sure the reader knows who is speaking. Avoid fancy words. Do not use dialect unless your ear is good. Be clear. Do not inject opinion. Use figures of speech sparingly. Do not take shortcuts at the cost of clarity. Avoid foreign languages. Prefer the standard to the offbeat.
- 39. Elements Of Style Place yourself in the background. Write in a way that comes naturally. Work from a suitable design. Write with nouns and verbs. Revise and rewrite. Do not overwrite. Do not overstate. Avoid the use of qualifiers. Do not affect a breezy manner. Use orthodox spelling. Do not explain too much. Do not construct awkward adverbs. Make sure the reader knows who is speaking. Avoid fancy words. Do not use dialect unless your ear is good. Be clear. Do not inject opinion. Use figures of speech sparingly. Do not take shortcuts at the cost of clarity. Avoid foreign languages. Prefer the standard to the offbeat.
- 40. Elements Of Style Place yourself in the background. Write in a way that comes naturally. Work from a suitable design. Write with nouns and verbs. Revise and rewrite. Do not overwrite. Do not overstate. Avoid the use of qualifiers. Do not affect a breezy manner. Use orthodox spelling. Do not explain too much. Do not construct awkward adverbs. Make sure the reader knows who is speaking. Avoid fancy words. Do not use dialect unless your ear is good. Be clear. Do not inject opinion. Use figures of speech sparingly. Do not take shortcuts at the cost of clarity. Avoid foreign languages. Prefer the standard to the offbeat.
- 41. Art
- 52. Graphic Design
- 55. Renaissance
- 56. Baroque
- 57. Romantic
- 58. Neoclassical
- 59. Realist
- 62. Postmodernist
- 63. Stylepedia
- 64. Stylepedia Agit Retro American Patriotic Art Deco Art Deco Type Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Artzybasheff Bass Bauhaus Beardsley Big Book Big Idea Black Letter Bonehead Bull's-Eye Camouflage Cappiello Chantry Cheap Chic Chinese Calendar Girl Christmas Club Flyer Comics Lettering Commercial Modern Conceptual Illustration Constructivist Container Corp of America Cuba Dada De Stijl Deconstruction Do-It-Yourself Dwiggins Emigre Expressionist Fascist Fear Fella Food Futura Futurist Generic Geo-Graphic Grunge Halloween Handlettering Helvetica Heroic Hip Hop Hohlwein Instructional Guide International Typographic Junk Mail Kodalith Kruger Less is More Lubalin Magazine Cliche Massin Matchbox Me-Too Mini-Mannequin Modernist Mushroom Cloud Neuland New Typography New Wave Novelty Type Obey the Giant Object Poster Panter Pastiche Peignot Pictogram Playboy Polish Poster Postmodern Psychedelic Poster Pulp Pun Push Pin Ray Gun Razor Blade Record Cover Red Scared Religious Message Board Ripley's Believe It or Not Schutzmarken Screamer Type Shadow Letter Shock and Roll Show Card Skateboard Socialist Realist Spectacular Sign Stenberg Film Poster Streamline Street Sign Surrealist Sutnar Swatch Watch Teen Magazine Tibor Tijuana Bible Underground Press Vegas Vernacular Victorian Ware Lettering Wendingen Zanol
- 65. Stylepedia
- 68. Trends: Hemlines
- 69. Trends: Color of the Season