March 23, 2000: I ran across this article about creating a UI "blueprint" and I think there's definitely value to this sort of formal approach. But, I don't like the tendency in many HCI discussions (and indeed in quite a few Web shops) to separate interface from visual design. In my view, "graphic design" that isn't about how people will interact with it is simply illustration. So, here's the pithy, oversimplified formula: Design == Interaction Design.