design
insights on good design + anything else related to design
Jilber Najem and
design
to make the thing is to make its impact, its memory, the product of its extended use, its legacy, and its language. "Good Design", such that it might exist, is the art of building this phantom value in the future from the most minimal physical compromise in the present.
ཊལབསརངཧtwitter.comSo many good examples of flows/products that become way more usable by removing steps. E.g. OCRing a photo you took using some 3rd party app vs. just selecting the text inside Apple's photos. I use the latter now multiple times a week and “all it did” was reduce steps. [1/3]
Ben Blumenrosetwitter.com
After my experience at The Met, I spent the next few months viewing and considering as much beauty as I could. I went to more museums. I spent weeks researching obscure Baroque furniture makers, legendary luthiers, prominent architects, naturalist illustrators, Italian car designers, and philosophers of aesthetics. What I came out the other side... See more
Origins
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
Christopher Alexander • 4 highlights
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