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Good design is about form following function, and is very dependent on the technology available, you're right. It's not arbitrary however. Here are some essen
by panacea 16y ago
Good design is about form following function, and is very dependent on the technology available, you're right.
It's not arbitrary however.
Here are some essentially inviolate principles of good design:
http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/gestaltprinciples/gestaltprinc.htm http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/gest...
- sliverstorm 16y agoYou have to admit that while some principles are not arbitrary, there are definite design styles or trends that go in and out of vogue, and at the time everyone was convinced they were good design.
- alextgordon 16y agoThat doesn't mean they weren't. User familiarity is a big part of good design, so playing to the current trend may well make your thing easier to use. For example, there's no reason why search boxes should have rounded corners - it's just an arbitrary style. But since users are familiar with rounded search boxes, using them could make your site easier to use.
- jorangreef 16y agoThere is no such thing as form. There is only function. Function follows function. Function informs function. So that what we see is a fractal of function, a function of function.