Lisa Verheul
@lifeofkaizen
Wordsmith. Designer. Entrepreneur. Making the world’s best software with @parrot9design and @BalancedDeFi. Previously: UX Writer @1Password.
In the signed-out state, the money market design is simple: A list of assets, the amount supplied / borrowed, and the interest rates. It’s familiar and easy to scan, so we saw no reason to reinvent it. But how do you design a cross-chain market that’s flexible when signed in?
The Balanced loan design shows the price your collateral must reach to trigger liquidation. But that only works with two assets – if one of them is stable. Our money markets will make it easy to supply and borrow multiple assets, so the risk should be just as flexible.
“Design isn’t crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It’s figuring out if there’s a way to get rid of the button altogether.” — Edward Tufte
The last 2 months summed up: "To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just re-do it, re-do it, re-do it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them." - Kevin Kelly