Good design
Yanis Markin and
Good design
Good design is invisible
If Apple was a democracy (aka customers don’t know what they want. or greatness requires a certain degree of dictatorship)
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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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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https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1777893696840847474 Steve Jobs talks how important craft is in everything that we do
Design books for non-designers
stripe.press
“Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding.”
― Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
We were driven by creativity and we were unprofessional.– Skoging