Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
The most generative platforms come in stacks, most conspicuously in the layered platform of the Web. (The phrase “platform stack” itself is part of the common parlance of modern programming.) The Web can be imagined as a kind of archaeological site, with layers upon layers of platforms buried beneath every page.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
Playgrounds over Paths
Today's standard design wisdom focuses on the design of linear paths. Sometimes they may branch, but they're ultimately a sequential set of steps towards a desired outcome.
Within complex systems, these paths often lack the flexibility to adapt to emergent conditions - users acting outside the "designed boundaries".
Instead of... See more
Today's standard design wisdom focuses on the design of linear paths. Sometimes they may branch, but they're ultimately a sequential set of steps towards a desired outcome.
Within complex systems, these paths often lack the flexibility to adapt to emergent conditions - users acting outside the "designed boundaries".
Instead of... See more
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How do we design a platform where users " come for the tool, stay for the community, and work for the growth "?
How can we grow the Creator Economy from the 1% to the other 99%?
I used this system to design self-documenting components that were easy to develop against, and allowed the rest of the team to build new and consistent UI without needing me.
Pirijan Ketheswaran • Redesigning an App, One Day a Week at a Time
I've been honing my web design process for years now, always experimenting with new ideas on each new project. These insights come from my own experiences, as well as feedback from my clients.
Here's how I roll today, after 4 years of fine-tuning:
We start every project by onboarding... See more
Our Basic ‘Story Beats’ Inspired Framework:
1. The Dossier (analog or digital ‘shoebox’ of ideas that inform everything that follows)
2. The Manifesto (1-2k words) — this can be an internal document for your own use only (i.e., a lower-case manifesto), or a public-facing document (described below) — we think of that as a capital M, Manifesto.
3. The... See more
1. The Dossier (analog or digital ‘shoebox’ of ideas that inform everything that follows)
2. The Manifesto (1-2k words) — this can be an internal document for your own use only (i.e., a lower-case manifesto), or a public-facing document (described below) — we think of that as a capital M, Manifesto.
3. The... See more
In 2007, I designed tools that let anyone draw on top of Google Maps.
People could drop pins, draw lines and shapes, and layer their own meaning onto the world with "My Maps."
But nearly 20 years later, one tiny design debate has stayed with me: how should people draw a... See more
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