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Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me
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Marco Cornacchia—Product Designer in SF
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Tech industry's lack of originality in branding and the importance of drawing inspiration from diverse sources outside one's own industry
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It was like, wait, this is a consumer tech company. They're creating a browser. They have this like, you know, cursive logo mark. It just stood out immediately, right? And you could tell that it was inspired.
It wasn't like they were the first company. They weren't the first company in the world to name themselves like the blank company, but they
... See moreFuller is something of a philosopher of digital design; his podcast “Scratching the Surface” canvasses experts in the field. In the past decade, he argues, a “user-centered” approach to design has been replaced by what he has taken to calling a “corporation-centered” approach. Rather than optimizing for the user’s experience, it optimizes for the... See more