The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero

Design seeks to negotiate the qualities of the content with the affordances of the format to product a cohesive whole greater than the sum of the parts. This situation largely describes many of the formal challenges faced by designers in their work. A wise design choice finds the tone that can slip between the content and format, snap into place, a

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Brand and product designer Frank Chimero noted in a 2018 talk at the Substans Conference in Bergen, Norway, that “if we’re setting out to change the character of technology in our lives, we’d be wise to learn from the character of places.”*

This post is meant to be a foundational building block for further thinking on emerging standards in the shape of design organizations.