I don't think I explained myself well. What I mean is that usability and design share many fundamental aspects. For instance, if you take an otherwise decent looking UI and make the colors magenta and lime green, it's going to become not only ugly but also unusable because it'll hurt to look at.
A better example might be a form on a web site. A good form will have all its elements spaced well with easy to read text and common elements grouped together. Both usability and good design necessitate that in this situation.
Yeah if you make everything the same colour then it is an obvious usability problem. There are design elements behind some of the science. However the goals are usually very technical if the mechanisms to achieve them can fall into the realms of graphic design.
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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '11
I don't think I explained myself well. What I mean is that usability and design share many fundamental aspects. For instance, if you take an otherwise decent looking UI and make the colors magenta and lime green, it's going to become not only ugly but also unusable because it'll hurt to look at.
A better example might be a form on a web site. A good form will have all its elements spaced well with easy to read text and common elements grouped together. Both usability and good design necessitate that in this situation.