Good design
Yanis Markin and
Good design
We learned the hard way that new products are hard enough to figure out, and we should make as many things as familiar as possible. Again, life and new products are hard enough. When you can use a familiar term instead of being original, do so. Never opt for a solution that is more creative but less effective.
Scott Belsky • Crafting The First Mile Of Product
andrea and
the details are not the details. they make the design.
-charles eames
Form Capital | An Early-Stage Fund & Design Partnership
formcapital.com
love this distinction between levels of design. truly higher level designs are designing solutions instead of features, outcomes instead of products. there's no function more important than this.
https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1777893696840847474 Steve Jobs talks how important craft is in everything that we do
a design book for non-designers, recommended by the Stripe design team
Good design is invisible
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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