---
title: "Roy Scholten on Usability & a Design Pattern Library"
url: "/podcasts/drupal-voices/roy-scholten-on-usability-a-design-pattern-library"
type: episode
date: 2009-10-06
updated: 2014-04-09
---

# Roy Scholten on Usability & a Design Pattern Library

#  Roy Scholten on Usability & a Design Pattern Library 

  

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[Roy "yoroy" Scholten](https://www.yoroy.com/) has been a part of the usability team since it started to officially form back at Drupalcon Szeged. He talks about his collaboration process with Earl Miles as he helped design the [Views 2 User Interface](http://groups.drupal.org/node/8428) and new design patterns that had to be developed.

He talks a bit about his Drupalcon Paris presentation with Bojhan on a proposed [Design Pattern Library](http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/building-blocks-your-modules-ui) for making a consistent user interface within Drupal.

Roy also gives some design tips for module developers like going through a sketching phase to brainstorm the full range of ideas before investing a lot of energy into wireframes. And finally, he talks about getting involved with Drupal as a designer and future ways he hopes to contribute.

**UPDATE** Roy just posted [A user interface design pattern library for Drupal](https://www.yoroy.com/2009/drupal-user-interface-design-pattern-library)

[Download Audio](https://www.lullabot.com/audio/download/615/DrupalVoices056.mp3)