How to design better?
terrain.com • Design Literacy
Design as infrastructure? or Design the infrastructure
terrain.com • Design Literacy
Choosing the palette from ILM’s cinematic work is a stroke of genius.
This isn’t limited to film, or art. Design is also editing; The editing is not limited merely to the object itself, but also the processes involved, the pipelines and workflows to build that object, the supply chain to make sure the object , the presentation, how to sell?
- Make stuff you use every day —it makes for a better life.
- Make it better —do less if you need to.
- Nothing is finished —everything can be rethought.
- Think small —make one small part of the world as it should be.
- Slow down —put in
Building a Belief System | !Boring Software
Lessons:
1. Imitate
Copywork is a great way to build the design muscles.
2. Remix
Start tweaking and fuse you'r imagination into it.
3. Invent
The “adjacent possible” is drawing connections from seeminlgy unrelated concepts/things and placing them together.
Dan gives the best breakdown of any designers process, that actually reveals the little nuances the nitty gritty parts of the process .
Though largely forgotten today, methods and rules upon which it is impossible to improve have been developed for centuries. To produce perfect books these rules have to be brought to life.
A Richer Canvas - Mark Boulton
source: Die neue Typographie by Jan Tschichold

Communication via docs/instructions for file usage.
I should add this into the process.
