Chris Korhonen
chris@example.com
Product Designer🎨 Impeccable Design Skills
Before & After: The Power of Polish
❌ Before Unpolished
Issues:
- Random spacing values
- Hard-coded colors
- No hover/focus states
- Poor contrast
- No transitions
- Pure black text
- No accessibility
✅ After Polished
Chris Korhonen
chris@example.com
Product Designer
Improvements:
- Consistent spacing scale
- Design token system
- All interaction states
- WCAG AA compliant
- Smooth transitions
- Tinted neutrals
- Full accessibility
🌟 What the Polish Skill Fixed
🎨 Visual Design
- Consistent spacing scale (4px base)
- Tinted neutrals (no pure gray)
- Proper color hierarchy
- Refined typography scale
⚡ Interactions
- Hover state (lift + shadow)
- Focus indicators (keyboard nav)
- Active state (press feedback)
- Smooth 200ms transitions
♿ Accessibility
- 44x44px touch targets
- WCAG AA contrast ratios
- Screen reader support
- Keyboard navigation
🎬 Motion
- Natural easing (ease-out-expo)
- 60fps animations
- Reduced motion support
- Transform + opacity only
🚀 Performance
- No layout shift
- Lazy loading images
- Efficient animations
- Proper aspect ratios
🧪 Edge Cases
- Long name handling
- Text overflow (ellipsis)
- Responsive sizing
- Loading states