Two things I want for my visual design students are a) for them to be able to exercise creativity and have fun in their jobs, and b) for them to have jobs in their futures. So when I came across this little tool from Hayk An for styling interfaces on Sidebar the other day, my first thought was, Is this the future of interface design? You just twiddle a handful of variables and call it a day?
On further reflection though, of course there’s still plenty of room for critical thinking and creativity in interface design, but I do think that this kind of thing might signal a shift in some spheres to a more scientific methodology. In fact, I spend a lot of time in my classes encouraging students to take a more considered, rational, and systematic approach to their designs, and this is a actually a great example of how far that can go. Really, I admire the thinking here a lot.
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