
Approximately 2.7 million people are colour blind, a considerable amount of the population, but they are often forgotten when it comes to designing websites.

Back in 2019, we created something that resonated with designers everywhere: a series of posters bringing Jakob Nielsen's usability heuristics to life. These principles, originally outlined in his 1994 article for The Nielsen Norman Group, struck a chord with so many people that we've given them a fresh look and a new lease of life.
Here's the thing about usability heuristics, they're not rigid rules you have to follow to the letter. Think of them more as guiding principles that form the bedrock of solid usability practices. We've leaned on these time and again when designing interfaces or digging into usability test results. They give us a clear framework to work within and align our thinking.
Totally free, no strings attached, we promise.

Here at the Si digital studio, we wanted our walls to reflect the work we do, so Jakob Nielsen's original article got us thinking, why not turn these "10 Usability Heuristics" into something visual and inspiring?
Fast forward to today, and these posters are printed, framed, and hanging in our studio. They've become such a valuable part of our daily work that we wanted to share them in their new form with the wider design community.
This Lab Note showcases a couple of our 10 posters, and we're making them available as free downloads in PDF, PNG, and JPG formats. We hope they inspire your work as much as they've inspired ours. Feel free to share them with your team.
Totally free, no strings attached, we promise.
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