The product detail is part of the interface. — Goldstine Group

The product detail is part of the interface.

Start with what someone needs to know

The argument, in four parts.

Working Notes

Start with what someone needs to know

The ideas behind this note

What a specification, an ingredient or a delivery note contributes to a buying decision.

A note on helping people understand products through the information and decisions around them.

The product detail is part of the interface.

The product detail is part of the interface.

The product detail is part of the interface.

The product detail is part of the interface.

What a specification, an ingredient or a delivery note contributes to a buying decision.

The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context
A clearer explanation is the design goal
Working Notes
The product detail is part of the interface.
Start with what someone needs to know
Let the catalog shape the page
Make room for practical and personal context

The product detail is part of the interface.. Start with what someone needs to know

Let the catalog shape the page

Gantry puts technical specifications and ordering context near the trade purchase. The information structure should reflect what buyers need to compare and confirm.

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Make room for practical and personal context

Other purchases ask for a different kind of explanation. Materials, dimensions, ingredients, compatibility, use and delivery each shape how a person decides.

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The question

The product detail is part of the interface.

What a specification, an ingredient or a delivery note contributes to a buying decision.

Part one

Start with what someone needs to know


A customer looking at a product brings questions that a photograph may not answer. Will this component connect? What does the formula contain? How large is the object? When could a made-to-order purchase arrive?

Part two

Let the catalog shape the page


Gantry puts technical specifications and ordering context near the trade purchase. The information structure should reflect what buyers need to compare and confirm.

Part three

Make room for practical and personal context

Other purchases ask for a different kind of explanation. Materials, dimensions, ingredients, compatibility, use and delivery each shape how a person decides.

Part four

A clearer explanation is the design goal



A considered layout gives each important detail a place near the choice it informs. The goal is a clearer decision, not a claim that design alone changes an outcome.

Working Notes

A perspective grounded in the work.

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What a specification, an ingredient or a delivery note contributes to a buying decision.

What a specification, an ingredient or a delivery note contributes to a buying decision.

What a specification, an ingredient or a delivery note contributes to a buying decision.

Name the question

Name the question

Ask

A customer looking at a product brings questions that a photograph may not answer. Will this component connect? What does the formula contain? How large is the object? When could a made-to-order purchase arrive?

Understand the context

Know

Gantry puts technical specifications and ordering context near the trade purchase. The information structure should reflect what buyers need to compare and confirm.

Examine the details

Examine the details

Look

Examine the details

Other purchases ask for a different kind of explanation. Materials, dimensions, ingredients, compatibility, use and delivery each shape how a person decides.

Next

Consider the consequence

A considered layout gives each important detail a place near the choice it informs. The goal is a clearer decision, not a claim that design alone changes an outcome.

State the limits

State the limits

Limits

A useful perspective should leave room for evidence, context and a different conclusion.

Carry the idea forward

Carry the idea forward

Next

Keep the conversation open.

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