in search of good design
case studies, examples of good design execution and the thinking behind them
in search of good design
Design and the profession of the designer must transform from a specialist function pushing pixels into a universal attitude of resourcefulness and inventiveness. We move beyond asking if designers should code to embracing design as a universal capability. This mindset adapts to any medium and isn’t focused on acquiring technical skills, tools, or... See more
terrain.com • Design Literacy
We are all designers. God is a designer. I’ve been saying this to anyone that will listen. THIS!
Kurt Woerpel
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Kurt Woerpel, graphic designer
A good system is designed to be periodically cleared of cruft. It has a built-in counterbalance. Without this pressure, our bias drives us to add band-aid after band-aid, until the only choice is to destroy the whole system and start from scratch.
— Steph Ango (kepano), What can we remove
Why CMF matters. (joking, not joking)
This image makes me feel two contrasting things, simultaneously. Apple has managed to create a tech product that feels safe and approachable, in this case even something to nibble on (I remember I used to lick keys cause I enjoyed the metallic taste, probably the same thing happening here) and the other is signs of peaking, if you’ve become such an embedded part of a family’s life, is this just a product or a lifestyle?
I feel positively and negatively about this, and I think that’s a unique trait for a mega corporation.
Also, as the caption suggests — a natural progression from catering towards the intellectual who usually reside on the upper layers of the filter, and now it has become a pacifier as it’s continues downward…
The vision was always just out of reach, because the tech was just out of reach.
Yet today, Apple is selling a technically flawless pen computing system in the Pencil and the iPad, and no-one cares.
Benedict Evans • Benedict's Newsletter: No. 546
Designing is not a profession but an attitude – László Moholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion 1947
terrain.com • Design Literacy
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 moreLess is more is true in the broader scope. Here the teacup example gives context on how this maxim holds true
Studio zurStrassen – BrandDesign andStrategy
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