There is nothing I enjoy more than that first blank page when I start a new project. I love to move my ideas around, work out how each element will interact with the next. If I’m designing a new interface then I’m sketching out the display, putting in each form element, or noting database structure. For me this process is never tidy. It is the only time I don’t worry about straight lines and how the page will flow. I don’t obsess about layout and typography, all that is for later. This is the ideas stage when I get all the pieces together.
So here are my top 5 tips for getting the creative juices going.
And keep the coffee flowing, that one might just be me.