February 2012
1 post
“If we want to really show what design is and what it can do, we need to get...”
– A List Apart: Articles: An Important Time for Design
January 2012
2 posts
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun,...”
– Mary Poppins
“I don’t do options. I will solve the problem, and you will pay me. It’s up to...”
– ~ Paul Rand to Steve Jobs
WHAT’S WANTED v WHAT’S NEEDED | davetrott | Campaign Blogs
December 2011
2 posts
“Good design is long-lasting
It avoids being fashionable and therefore never...”
– Dieter Rams: ten principles for good design
“Good design is as little design as possible
Less, but better – because it...”
– Dieter Rams: ten principles for good design
November 2011
6 posts
“And people don’t get fired for measuring things. People don’t often get fired...”
– inessential.com: The Readable Future
“Well-structured content is now an essential part of art direction. Consider how...”
“Sometimes the truth of a thing is not so much in the think of it, but in the...”
– Stanley Kubrick
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it....”
– Howard Thurman
“Beware the lollipop of mediocrity - lick it once and you suck forever.”
– ~ Unknown
“- Design is for solving problems. Not just making things pretty.
- A design...”
October 2011
4 posts
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did...”
– Steve Jobs, Wired, February, 1995
“For us, Graphic Design is “organization of information.” There are other types...”
– Massimo Vignelli (taken from the Vignelli Canon – http://www.vignelli.com/canon.pdf)
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to...”
– Steve Jobs - Stanford commencement speech, June 2005 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as...”
– Steve Jobs - Stanford commencement speech, June 2005 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
September 2011
2 posts
“Nobody’s ever going to be happy with how far along you are at becoming the...”
– ~ Merlin Mann
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51205844@N00/6181432961
“Leaders are not what many people think–people with huge crowds following them....”
– ~ John Holt (via http://caterina.net/wp-archives/98)
August 2011
1 post
“We need to remember the value of nothing. It’s like breathing: you can’t inhale...”
– http://bobulate.com/post/6974537192/embracing-the-zeroes
May 2011
1 post
“If you don’t interact directly with your clients in the course of your...”
– http://designprofessionalism.com/defining-design-professionalism-2.php#nextNav
March 2011
1 post
“Groupthink is a type of thought within a deeply cohesive in-group whose members...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
February 2011
2 posts
“The fundamental moral tragedy of industrial modernity: ‘Men have been...”
– http://kottke.org/11/02/human-mass-production
“If it needs to be explained, then it’s probably broken.”
– Khoi Vinh
January 2011
3 posts
“As little as possible, as much as necessary.”
– http://blog.braintraffic.com/2011/01/shrink-to-fit/
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and...”
– Caterina.net» Blog Archive » Lawrence Pearsall Jacks on Work
“One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once one knows of the necessary...”
– swissmiss | George Sand on Happiness
December 2010
2 posts
“Too much data has the same outcome as no data at all—except that it costs more...”
– http://northtemple.com/2010/11/29/too-much-data-has-the-same
How To Be Perfectly Miserable
1. Think about yourself.
2. Talk about yourself.
3. Use “I” as often as possible.
4. Mirror yourself continually in the opinion of others.
5. Listen greedily to what people say about you.
6. Expect to be appreciated.
7. Be suspicious.
8. Be jealous and envious.
9. Be sensitive to slights.
10. Never forgive a criticism.
11. Trust no one but yourself.
12. Insist on consideration and...
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
3 posts
“Bringing Design to the Business World”
– Peter Lawrence on Bringing Design to the Business World | Fast Company
12 Steps on the Road to Hell by Milton Glaser
Designing a package to look bigger on the shelf.
Designing an ad for a slow, boring film to make it seem like a lighthearted comedy.
Designing a crest for a new vineyard to suggest that it has been in business for a long time.
Designing a jacket for a book whose sexual content you find personally repellent.
Designing a medal using steel from the World Trade Center to be sold as a...
“Creation is entirely dependent on ownership.
Ownership not as a percentage of...”
– http://pieratt.tumblr.com/post/977179815/in-praise-of-quitting-your-job
September 2010
1 post
Ten Things I Have Learned →
August 2010
4 posts
“White space is to be regarded as an active element, not a passive background.”...”
– White space | Veerle’s blog 3.0
“If you can’t draw as well as someone, or use the software as well, or if you do...”
– Frank Chimero
“God gave us two ears and one mouth to use in proportion.”
– A List Apart: Articles: No One Nos: Learning to Say No to Bad Ideas
“A ‘no’ uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a ‘yes’ merely...”
– A List Apart: Articles: No One Nos: Learning to Say No to Bad Ideas
July 2010
2 posts
Macs and PCs
marcamos:
Have you ever noticed that, 95% of the time:
People who hate Macs have never owned one
People who hate PCs have owned one
“I found myself resorting to the same button styles, shading techniques, etc… and...”
– Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain on his redesign of Steinway & Sons (via simplebits)
June 2010
6 posts
“A list of favorite sayings overheard in committee meetings:
- My wife wants...”
– Why Design-By-Committee Should Die
“There’s a saying I love: “a camel is a horse designed by committee.” A variation...”
– Why Design-By-Committee Should Die - Smashing Magazine
Defend your design: Don't go for "wow", go for "of... →
Organizations often want to create “wow” moments while forgetting what could really help them to create long-term relationships with their customers. Colin Raney writes about how organizations should go for “of course” instead:
“Most companies are looking to “wow” with their products, when in…
“Master the medium, not the tools.”
– http://choppingblock.com/presentations/201006_HOW_WebDesign/#slide17
Manifesto-in-progress →
“The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise,...”
– How to Get Motivated for Self-Promotion :: Tips :: The 99 Percent
April 2010
2 posts
“Websites are looking like web applications that look like websites that look...”
– http://weightshift.com/memo/stuck-between-an-app-and-a-website
“No wonder many clients see the designer’s role as being to create eye candy or a...”
– http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/04/08/the-dying-art-of-design/
March 2010
4 posts
“We’ve always made pretty bold proclamations in this industry that Content is...”
– SXSW 2010: Highlights and Trends | Teehan+Lax
Zeldman: Flash, iPad, Standards →
cameronmoll:
Jeffrey Zeldman:
Lack of Flash in the iPad (and before that, in the iPhone) is a win for accessible, standards-based design. Not because Flash is bad, but because the increasing popularity of devices that don’t support Flash is going to force recalcitrant web developers to build the semantic HTML layer first.
