in search of good design
case studies, examples of good design execution and the thinking behind them
in search of good design
Designing is not a profession but an attitude – László Moholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion 1947
Design Literacy
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
Design Literacy
We are all designers. God is a designer. I’ve been saying this to anyone that will listen. THIS!
1. Describe your company. What does your company do?
2. What are the objectives? Spell out the goals and the reasons behind them.
Increase sales / promote awareness / expand client base / obtaining data or information / change image / improve competitiveness / reduce cost / raise MSRP / enhance customer experience / change demographic / provide a mor... See more
2. What are the objectives? Spell out the goals and the reasons behind them.
Increase sales / promote awareness / expand client base / obtaining data or information / change image / improve competitiveness / reduce cost / raise MSRP / enhance customer experience / change demographic / provide a mor... See more
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10 Critical Questions in a Design Brief
‘Technology’, she wrote, ‘is the active human interface with the material world.’
James Bridle • Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
Okay Hoodzpah, I see you.
Ask someone to define design, and they’ll likely describe what designers make —architects draft buildings, graphic designers create logos, industrial designers shape products, and software designers make apps. This is how we typically understand design, by its outputs. The weight of these definitions grows heavier over time. The older the craft, the... See more
Design Literacy
Design as orchestration
Design Literacy
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…