Modern Interface Design Tools

Interaction & Interface Design

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Ideasnap

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”Pattern

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Pattern Lab is a frontend workshop environment that helps you build, view, test, and showcase your design system's UI components.

Peeps

Peeps is an interactive 3D avatar builder brought to you by the UI8 team.
”Rive”

Rive

Rive combines an interactive design tool, a new stateful graphics format, a lightweight multi-platform runtime, and a blazing-fast vector renderer.
”Storybook”

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Build UIs without the grunt work. Storybook is a frontend workshop for building UI components and pages in isolation. Thousands of teams use it for UI development, testing, and documentation. It's open source and free.
”Supernova”

Supernova

Supernova connects your design and engineering data in a single design system tool to accelerate and scale your product development.
”UI

UI Goodies

A library of high-quality design resources.
Definition

Interaction & Interface Design

Interaction design focuses on how users interact with a product, emphasizing the flow and functionality of interactive elements, while interface design focuses on the visual presentation and aesthetics of those elements. Both are crucial for creating a positive user experience (UX).

Interaction Design:

Focus:

The behavior and functionality of interactive elements, how users interact with the interface, and how the product responds. 

Goals:

To create intuitive, user-friendly, and efficient interactions that support user goals. 

Examples:

Designing the navigation of a website, the user flow of a mobile app, or the physical buttons and controls of a piece of hardware. 

Key Principles:

Visibility, consistency, mapping, feedback, constraints, simplicity, and flexibility. 


Interface Design:

Focus:

The visual and graphical interface elements, such as colors, typography, and imagery, to support clear user actions and provide clues. 

Goals:

To create a visually appealing and effective interface that guides users through the interaction and enhances usability. 

Examples:

Designing the layout and appearance of a website, the visual style of a mobile app, or the aesthetic presentation of a product. 

Key Considerations:

Visual clarity, hierarchy, feedback mechanisms, and alignment with the overall brand. 

Relationship and Overlap:
  • Interaction and interface design are closely related and often work together to create a holistic user experience.
  • Interface design decisions can impact the interaction experience, and interaction design decisions influence the visual presentation.
  • A well-designed interaction can be ruined by poor interface design, and vice versa. 

In essence: Interaction design is about how users interact with a system, while interface design is about what the system looks like. Both are essential for creating a successful product or service. 

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