Good design
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Good design
“Limit everything to the essential but do not remove the poetry.”
— Dieter Rams, quoted in Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
— Dieter Rams, quoted in Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
Dieter Rams
Design is hard.
But I’ve come to realize that laying out texts properly is 80% of what makes something look clean, and is the easiest thing you can do to make your design much nicer and more usable.
Here are 10 practical tips for improving your text layout.
profile_phototwitter.comBut what makes an interface successful? Beyond speed of performance, cohesive information sequences and anticipation of the human context and need, designing an experience that hopes to create feeling can only be done with feeling. The difference between good and bad becomes a matter of who can bring to bear greater focus and knowhow within the... See more
Callum Flack • The matter of taste — Callum Flack Design & Development
https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1777893696840847474 Steve Jobs talks how important craft is in everything that we do
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 moreAppealing to everyone is impossible. If you make something that aims to be good across a broad range of capabilities, you are choosing not to be exceptional at anything in particular. That might be the right compromise for your audience, but it’s definitely a compromise.
Good design is opinionated. Good design is choosing the right compromise for... See more
Good design is opinionated. Good design is choosing the right compromise for... See more