Joachim Baan
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Joachim Baan
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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The key is to encourage skepticism, but not cynicism.
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You no longer make an active or physical choice when it comes to picking the music, movies, or television . This passivity makes us as audiences, as people, less engaged with what we’re doing. Everything is a screensaver.