Desk research
Ethnography
Depth interview
Contextual inquiry
Persona
Customer journey map
Jobs to be Done
Mood board
Visual research
Competitive audit
Positioning map
Insight statement
Design brief
Reframing
Composition
Grid system
Golden ratio
Rule of thirds
Visual hierarchy
Gestalt principles
Figure and ground
Negative space
Balance
Rhythm and repetition
Contrast
Alignment
Proximity
Scale and proportion
Type classification
Japanese text layout (JLReq)
Weight and width
Kerning
Tracking
Leading
Baseline grid
Mixed JA–Latin setting
Vertical setting
Readability
Legibility
Type scale
Variable fonts
Lettering
Hue, value and chroma
Color harmony
Color models (RGB/CMYK/Lab)
Perceptual color space (OKLCH)
Wide-gamut color (Display P3)
Color profiles
Gamut
Contrast ratio
Color vision deficiency
Gradients
Material
Texture
Finish (matte / gloss)
Light and shadow
Camera composition
Focal length
Depth of field
Lighting ratio
Color temperature
Retouching
Compositing
Storyboard
Shot size
The cut and the pause
Color grading
Motion curves
Keyframes
Aspect ratio
UX vs UI
Information architecture
Navigation patterns
Wireframes
Prototype fidelity
Ten usability heuristics
Cognitive load
Affordance
Microinteractions
Design system
Design tokens (DTCG)
Components and variants
Accessibility (WCAG 2.2)
Service blueprint
HTML/CSS/JavaScript
DOM
Rendering
SSG / SSR / CSR
CMS and headless architecture
API
JSON
Version control
Design handoff
Responsive and breakpoints
Core Web Vitals (INP)
Technical SEO
OGP and structured data
Measurement tags
LLM
Diffusion models
Multimodal
Prompting
Negative prompts
Seed and reproducibility
img2img
Inpainting
Structural conditioning (ControlNet)
Lightweight fine-tuning (LoRA)
Upscaling
Style consistency
Batch generation
Human-in-the-loop
Copyright
Design rights
Trademark
Portrait rights
Publicity rights
Font licensing
Stock licensing
Open licensing (Creative Commons)
Requirements for quotation
Premiums and Representations Act
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Act
AI training data and rights
Content provenance (C2PA)
AI transparency obligation (EU AI Act Art. 50)
Brand guidelines
Asset management
Naming conventions
Master and derivative versioning
A/B testing
Heatmaps
Funnel analysis
Design KPIs
Brand recall studies
Net promoter score
Design QA
Accessibility audit
Style-consistency check
Post-launch improvement cycle
Loudness normalization (LUFS)
True peak
Dynamics processing
Mixing
Mastering
Stems
Audio post
Duration and sync
Sound effects and Foley
Ambience
Voice-over recording
Synthetic voice and disclosure
Sound logo
Master rights and copyright
Solid modeling
Surface modeling
Parametric history
Dimensional tolerance
Fits
GD&T
Design for manufacturing
Draft angle
Wall thickness and ribs
Additive manufacturing categories
Materials and surface finishing
Anthropometry and ergonomics
Structural packaging (dieline)
Product safety marking (PSE / CE)
BIM
IFC (neutral exchange)
Zoning
Circulation planning
Scale and modular coordination
Wayfinding
Public information symbols (JIS Z 8210)
Safety and evacuation signs
Built-environment accessibility
Illuminance and glare
Color temperature and colour rendering
Reverberation and absorption
Fixtures and shop drawings
Interior fire-safety regulation
Pattern making
Grading
Toile fitting
Tech pack
Size spec and body measurement
3D virtual sampling
Digital fitting (avatar)
Virtual garment attributes
Fabric physics parameters
Yarn count and GSM
Woven and knitted
Hand feel
Lab dip and colour fastness
Digital Product Passport
Offset lithography
Digital printing
Screen printing
Platemaking and RIP
Halftone and screen ruling
Trapping (overprint / knockout)
Color management and CMYK profiles
Spot color
Proofing
Paper stock (grammage and grain)
Finishing (foil, emboss, die-cut)
Imposition and binding
Print-ready data (PDF/X)
Certification and packaging regulation (FSC / PPWR)
Agent instruction file (AGENTS.md)
Nested instruction files
Tool connection protocol (MCP)
Input and output guardrails
Agent-to-agent protocol (A2A)
Packaged skills (SKILL.md)
Context engineering
Progressive disclosure
Prompt caching
API and webhook integration
Plugins and extensions
Agent sandboxing
Machine-readable metadata
Evals
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