design
insights on good design + anything else related to design
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design
Loving how simple this image is from @sari’s presentation on Sublime. Contrasting it with my equivalent personal content strategy pipeline, I’m forcibly reminded of that YouTube parody “If Microsoft designed the iPod packaging”
Penpot - Bring Design Freedom to your Product Team
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Vernacular design is a reminder that beauty and functionality in design are not the sole purview of trained experts. It underscores the potential of non-professionals to create things with both practicality and aesthetics. By valuing the wisdom inherent in these traditional designs, we not only celebrate the creativity of non-experts but also... See more
Coleman McCormick • Designing from Experience, Not Expertise
I realized that the craftsmen of yore had elevated weaponry, a category of merely utilitarian objects, into some of the most exquisite things I had ever seen. They had taken objects of ubiquitous, vital importance in their respective eras and made them beautiful. My initial aesthetic shock was quickly replaced by jealousy — no one was lifting the... See more
Origins
Bad UX research does not stink. Anyone without training can create poor research and the output looks just as convincing to the untrained eye. This is the reason why UX research uniquely feels the push for democratization.
Bad research doesn’t stink - Carl J. Pearson, PhD
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
Christopher Alexander • 4 highlights
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