This skill provides comprehensive design guidance for creating exceptional frontend interfaces that are both visually distinctive and cognitively intuitive.
When to Use
Apply these guidelines when:
- •Building web components, pages, or applications
- •Making UI/UX design decisions
- •Designing interaction patterns and information architecture
- •Evaluating existing interfaces for improvements
- •Ensuring production-grade design quality
Structure
This skill consists of three complementary perspectives:
ui-design.md
Visual design principles focused on aesthetics and brand:
- •Typography and color systems
- •Motion and micro-interactions
- •Spatial composition and layouts
- •Anti-patterns to avoid (generic AI aesthetics)
- •Creating memorable, distinctive interfaces
ux-design.md
User experience principles based on cognitive psychology and HCI:
- •Design Thinking: Mental models, task flows, cognitive budget, context
- •Core Principles: Objects not procedures, Modeless, Immediate feedback, Smart defaults, Progressive disclosure, Prevent don't report
- •Visual Communication: Signifiers, visual hierarchy, Gestalt grouping, consistency
- •UX Psychology: 43 psychology principles with definitions, application strategies, and code examples (organized by category: perception, decision-making, memory, motivation, social influence, patterns)
- •Making interfaces feel natural and effortless
hi-design.md
Sociomedia's Human Interface Guidelines (100 items):
- •Comprehensive interface design principles from basic concepts to accessibility
- •Form design, interaction patterns, and visual feedback
- •Layout, visual design, and user experience best practices
- •Based on extensive research and real-world implementation experience
- •Original source: https://www.sociomedia.co.jp/category/shig
IMPORTANT: Great design requires all perspectives. Visual beauty without usability is frustrating. Usability without aesthetics is forgettable. Human interface principles provide a comprehensive foundation for both. Use all three documents together for complete design guidance.
Design Philosophy
- •Intentionality over intensity: Bold maximalism and refined minimalism both work - the key is executing with precision
- •Invisible interface: The best UX feels like no UX at all - users accomplish goals without thinking about the tool
- •Context-specific creativity: Avoid generic solutions - design for the specific problem, audience, and constraints
- •Cognitive respect: Every element costs mental effort - be ruthless about reducing unnecessary complexity
Reference all documents (ui-design.md, ux-design.md, and hi-design.md) together for comprehensive design guidance.