Itay Dreyfus
@itay
Designer, always exploring.
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Recently I thought about the heyday of bookmarking apps – Pocket, del.icio.us, Pinboard, Pinterest, etc.
It seems that many are still around. Or maybe these are the ones who managed to survive?
There was a rise in note-taking apps in recent years which made me think about whether we're... See more
Note Taking and
Along those lines, I believe that mechanics design is a distinct discipline separate from both interface design and product management. I believe it deserves its own terminology, principles, processes, deliverables, and bodies of knowledge.
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They are more like the rules of the product, conscious choices towards a desired behavioral end.
Every weekday, Trent Reznor makes his way from his house, a cottagey sprawl behind a white wall in a canyon on Los Angeles’s Westside, to a studio he’s built in his backyard. There he meets his best friend, bandmate, and business partner, Atticus Ross, and they get to work. Reznor and Ross observe the same hours, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 7... See more
made this little zine with @inchkev earlier this year and forgot to post about it! 🪁 "Twelve (12) things to do with your essay after you turn it in" is about the value of self-publishing and finding purpose in the work you do at school.
We just uploaded a PDF copy on Are.na so you can read the whole thing online -... See more
kaloyanezinstagram.comI have some great memories of talking about “investing in things that doesn’t change”
A sense that small things tend less to dramatic changes
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To clarify, my definition of design goes beyond aesthetic qualities and into areas of maintenance, cost, profitability, speed, and purpose.