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We were driven by creativity and we were unprofessional.– Skoging
Designer Fund
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Despite hundreds of features, the navigation bar at the bottom of the WeChat screen is four icons: Chat, Contacts, Discover, Me. Zhang: “I told the team to establish a rule that WeChat shall always have a four-icon bar, and never add anything to it.”
Patricia Mou • vol.33: 15 Mindful Product Principles from Allen Zhang, Father of WeChat
If Apple was a democracy (aka customers don’t know what they want. or greatness requires a certain degree of dictatorship)
Minimal Gallery – Website inspiration
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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.
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a design book for non-designers, recommended by the Stripe design team