đź’ˇ on beauty
But most websites today prioritize efficiency and usability, which leads to a kind of architectural sameness. “Everybody's house sort of looks the same,” he says, “you're taking the same hallway... because we’ve fallen into the same UI patterns.” He wonders about a new kind of website that invites curiosity rather than just guiding a behavior.... See more
An Inside Look at Every’s Design Philosophy
“It has become self-evident that it can no longer be a question of developing beauty from function alone, but we demand beauty as equal to function, that [beauty] be equally a function.” —Max Bill
The beauty of something well-made and made well.
We're living through a Great Flattening.
It seems like every company has adopted the same values, the same mission statements, and the same style of visual branding. Just look at logo design. It's become flat, bland, sterile, drab, and timid.
Architecture is suffering from the same kind of... See more
David Perellx.comWhat we've gained in productivity, we've lost in soul and spirit.
It’s difficult to conceive of art that is more pure than this, though. Functional art that touches a person’s soul whenever they use it. Art that beautifies the everyday.
- The Way of Handmade Things by jemariel
What makes something beautiful? — Schiller & Architecture
youtube.comBeauty: The appearance of freedom. Form determining matter (not matter determining form).
Sari Azout • Moodboard
Of all psychology’s sins, the most mortal is its neglect of beauty. There is, after all, something quite beautiful about a life. But you would not think so from reading psychology books.