design
As anything scales too effectively - from fashion to restaurants to music - the market opens for more non-scalable alternatives. Once Starbucks opens on every block, many of us crave the artisanal coffee shop. Once our favorite Italian restaurant becomes a chain of three, we grow tired of it. Why? First, so much of what we buy and do is tied up in ... See more
Scott Belsky • Joyspan, Emotional AI Bumpers, Persona Designers, & More Wild Concepts Bound to Become Commonplace Plus Where High-Tech Entertainment Brings Us
our choices are tied to identity and feeling unique and that cannot be established in scale
The products we have now, beg for attention. A hammer is a hammer. It doesn’t ask to be used. But our products now demand our attention. They glow, they vibrate, they ping and make noises.
Designing Friction – a call for friction in digital culture – explores the concept of consciously reintroducing obstacles and resistance in our online interactions to foster human connections. It can be seen as a new design paradigm not focussing on seamless experiences but on human connection. What does it mean to be human?”
... See moreWe are so used to design taking away friction from our lives that it causes impatience in the real world. Because the real world has friction: flights get delayed, people get busy, things go out of stock
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.
... See moreConvenience is Destroying Culture
youtube.comProducts used to mold to us. As a dancer, my feet would be turned out, so the inside of my shoes would get worn out before the outside. Or my favorite pair of velvet pants have a mark at the backside from hours of sitting in front of the computer. Or a wood dinner table with marks of wine glasses signifying the history of long conversations on dinner parties. Signs of wear, tear, use.
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