原文地址：The “I’m a better designer” checklist
原文作者：Dinesh Pandian
翻译：东东方
译文：
“我是一个更好的设计师”清单
对我而言，设计非常特别。我是一个通过实践而成长的设计师。我从不去设计学校。但是这些年来，我细心规划了很多最好的原则，以帮助设计师们更好的完成他们的工作。
正如乔布斯所言，
“设计并非仅是外观怎样，感觉如何。设计是解决它如何工作的。”
我一直把这句话当做我的口头禅。我们一起在Skript塑造产品时我也常常尽可能的使用这种理念。
我的设计理念清单：
1.仔细研究事物并畅想为什么它要采用这种方式。身边的所有事物都有原因，尝试去弄懂为什么。
2.设计不仅仅是色彩的搭配，像素的精确，更重要的是解决问题
3.为你的父母设计，而不是为自己，那样才不会自私。
4.从优秀的设计上寻找灵感，试着让它们变得更完善，赞美那些优秀的设计师。
5.一定要多阅读。保持沉着冷静，倾听别人对设计的看法。多想，多分析怎样才能做得更好。
6.在每个糟糕的日子工作，强迫自己做得完美。卷起你的袖子，继续完成你的产品。一遍接着一遍。
7.多谈论你的设计，你对它的设计原理解释的越多，你就越清晰自己的想法。
8.专注于你的产品上的美学。
9.要对设计规则的好坏都有认识。尝试进入陌生的领域，学一些新东西，然后告诉这个世界你获得了什么。
10.超越自己，不要被限制在单一的产品，多想想怎样去塑造未来。将它们记录下来。
还不够足够简洁以前就不要休息。
我可能不是一个成熟的设计师。甚至，我不能被称为一个设计师。但是在我醒着的大多数时间，我在工作中一直遵循这10条规则。希望能帮助到你。
原文：
Design is very special to me. I’m a designer by practice. I never went to a design school. But over the past few years, I’ve been carefully curating some of the best principles that a designer can follow to be better at their job.
As Steve Jobs once said,
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
I’ve been having this quote as my mantra and I’ve been trying to use this philosophy as much as possible in the product we shape together at Skcript.
My design psychology checklist
Look at something and wonderwhy it was made that way. Everything that’s around you has a reason. Know what that reason is.
Design is more than just colors, and pixels. It’s problem solving.
Design for your parents. Not for yourself. It’s never selfish.
Get inspired by great designs. Try to make them better. Credit the designer.
Read. Read and Read. Stay calm and listen to what people say about design. Think through. And analyze what can be done better.
Work on em. Every damn day. Push yourself to make it perfect. Roll up your sleeves and work on your product. Over and Over again.
Talk about your design. The more you talk/explain about why you designed that way, the more clarity you get.
Concentrate on the aesthetics of your product.
Have a healthy disrespect for design rules. Go out of the road into those rough waters. Try something new, and tell the world what you learnt.
Extend beyond your horizon. Don’t just be stitched to one single product. Think about how these things could shape up in the future. Write them down.
Don’t rest until its elegant.
I might not be a grown-up designer. Yet. I might not even be called a designer. But for most of my waking hours, I’ve been following these 10 rules at my office. Hope this helps.
