Design Goodness
Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under Uncategorized
I finally found the time and inspiration to update the design of my blog — much like those pop songs you can’t free yourself of I’m hoping the new look will stick.
While on the topic of design Fast Company ran the response of 15 designers on what makes good design.
Here are few of a their comments. See more at: Design Rules
Good design is probably 98% common sense.
One of the essential elements that differentiates design from art is function.
Simple, but highly effective response on relating Legos to design:
Legos embody pure simplicity. In many ways, they were the first digital toys — all bits and bytes. But to experience the product, you have to interact with it. Part of that experience comes from what you bring to it. The word “lego” is a combination of the Danish words “Leg Godt,” which means “to play well.” In Latin, lego means “I study,” or “I put together.” I remember my dad and I used to spend hours building these elaborate creations — circuses, cars, planes, space stations. There was no limit to what we could make with Legos.
In a sense, playing with Legos is a lot like designing: The process is slow and requires focus. A joint is missing here or there. You make mistakes. So you try something else, and that leads you to a different form, a different connection, a new discovery.
The notion of designing from a sense of feeling is something all photojournalists should be able to relate to:
I rarely think about design; I feel it. and I approach design more with my heart than with my head. So when I create something, I do it because it feels really good to me, not because I think it will go over well.
Great design — whether it’s of a product, a service, or an event — should give the viewer an epiphany of communication and understanding. It should astonish.
Ahemn to that.
The brilliance of Apple’s design: They understood that a computer, like many consumer products, can be an object of lust.
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