design
insights on good design + anything else related to design
Jilber Najem and
design
Designing Friction
designingfriction.com
We like to see designing friction as a fundamental design principle when working with digital culture. Instead of following design ethics that strive to eliminate friction we suggest to not only allow, but embrace friction, facilitate it: design [products with] digital technology in a way that makes space for our humanness. Here friction is a core ingredient. Digital technology should create environments and situations in which we can truly connect with each other, as well as with the unknown, the uncontrolled, with all senses, all elements, all emotions. Create situations that are not calculated beforehand, predicted and measured; situations that result from and amount to the present moment.
Eva Decker
eva.town
People talk about how AI is going to make design obsolete, and/or make pixel perfect designs not be a thing anymore. I don't think so.
Pixel-perfect design mostly existed in designers’ minds anyway. The mocks might perfect but the final product rarely was. Most of the time,
Karri Saarinenx.comWhat is a brand?
Firstly, here is what it is not…
: A logo
: A product
: A fancy office
The best definition I ever heard is this…
A brand is the most valuable piece of real estate in the world: a corner of someone’s mind.
In reality, a brand only ever exists in the minds of customers.
And there’s a further nuance.
A brand’s value isn’t determined solely by... See more
Firstly, here is what it is not…
: A logo
: A product
: A fancy office
The best definition I ever heard is this…
A brand is the most valuable piece of real estate in the world: a corner of someone’s mind.
In reality, a brand only ever exists in the minds of customers.
And there’s a further nuance.
A brand’s value isn’t determined solely by... See more
We learned the hard way that new products are hard enough to figure out, and we should make as many things as familiar as possible. Again, life and new products are hard enough. When you can use a familiar term instead of being original, do so. Never opt for a solution that is more creative but less effective.
Scott Belsky • Crafting The First Mile Of Product
Hence myhub: “it’s your blog + your portfolio + your recommended reading for your friends / public bookmarks library” (that last one is a bit tougher, as not many people share bookmarks).
Matt Webb made a clock called Poem/1 and he's funding it on Kickstarter. So lovely.