Elizabeth McGuane on Design by Definition

The Informed Life

Elizabeth McGuane is a UX director at Shopify and the author of Design by Definition, a book about the impact of language in user experience. As you might imagine, that’s a subject I’m keenly interested in, so I was excited to speak with Elizabeth about it.

Show notes

• Elizabeth McGuane - LinkedIn
• Elizabeth McGuane – Medium
• Design by Definition by Elizabeth McGuane
• Shopify
• Intercom
• Eames chairs

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章节

1. Elizabeth McGuane on Design by Definition (00:00:00)

2. About Elizabeth and Design by Definition (00:01:00)

3. The Power of Words in Design (00:03:34)

4. The Importance of Defining Concepts in Design (00:11:31)

5. The Difference Between Content and Context (00:14:28)

6. Who is Responsible for Conceptual Definition? (00:23:25)

7. Everyday Language and System Language (00:28:40)

8. Closing (00:32:50)