Design Critique Against the Job
Critiques a design against what it is supposed to accomplish rather than against taste, and separates the two clearly where they conflict.
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Running it, start to finish
- State in one sentence what the design must accomplish.
- Describe layout, hierarchy, colour and all the states you have designed.
- Action sections 1–5 first; treat section 6 as optional.
What you get back
The output this produces, every time.
- Evaluates against the stated job before saying anything about appearance.
- Checks the reading order against the importance order, which is where most substantive failures sit.
- Labels taste as taste, so preferences do not get actioned as if they were findings.
Getting better results
Where this usually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.
- Write the job down first. as one specific sentence. A vague job produces a critique that drifts into preference, which is the failure this is designed to avoid.
- Describe every state you have. Section 4 finds the gaps between a design file and a shippable product, and those gaps are usually where the build stalls.
- Surface the trade-offs in section 7. to the team. Where fixing hierarchy hurts density, that is a decision for a person, not something to resolve silently.
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