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This is a brilliant suggestion. I've seen countless posts here on "how should I learn design?". When I think about learning to design, I want to learn the proce

by revorad 15y ago

This is a brilliant suggestion. I've seen countless posts here on "how should I learn design?". When I think about learning to design, I want to learn the process of a good designer, not just theory or tricks. For example, I learnt a lot more design from this post and video than other stuff: http://paulstamatiou.com/startup-web-design-ux-crash-course http://paulstamatiou.com/startup-web-design-ux-crash-course http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU

danl 15y ago
This would need some good editing. When I'm working on a website design, it can take some time for the finished version to come together. There's quite a lot of experimenting, tweaking, undoing etc... going on. Nice idea though.
- angrycoder 15y ago
  That is all part of the design process, I'm not sure why you would edit it out.
  - bricestacey 15y ago
    Gotta edit out when you check HN =P
TruffleLabs 15y ago
The hipmunk character creation video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU ) was helpful and entertaining to watch (I picked up a few tips). Being entertaining and helpful is what any video aiming to teach has to work toward. And the video needs to be long enough to get the concepts across, and no more.
spodek 15y ago
I had an idea a few years ago to create a tv show -- basically The Iron Chef but for designers. Two design teams would have a limited time to design a logo or web page or restaurant menu or commercial. They'd have to meet separately with the client so you'd see their human interaction. Plus we would create an online community around it for people to trade ideas. I told a director friend who had sold several shows and he loved the idea. We wrote up a treatment and started pitching it. Then the recession hit and no one was interested in new show ideas. We still have the treatment. Maybe one day...

by revorad 15y ago

danl 15y ago

This would need some good editing. When I'm working on a website design, it can take some time for the finished version to come together. There's quite a lot of experimenting, tweaking, undoing etc... going on. Nice idea though.

angrycoder 15y ago
That is all part of the design process, I'm not sure why you would edit it out.
- bricestacey 15y ago
  Gotta edit out when you check HN =P

TruffleLabs 15y ago

The hipmunk character creation video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEQpwduyPU ) was helpful and entertaining to watch (I picked up a few tips). Being entertaining and helpful is what any video aiming to teach has to work toward. And the video needs to be long enough to get the concepts across, and no more.

spodek 15y ago

I had an idea a few years ago to create a tv show -- basically The Iron Chef but for designers. Two design teams would have a limited time to design a logo or web page or restaurant menu or commercial. They'd have to meet separately with the client so you'd see their human interaction. Plus we would create an online community around it for people to trade ideas. I told a director friend who had sold several shows and he loved the idea. We wrote up a treatment and started pitching it. Then the recession hit and no one was interested in new show ideas. We still have the treatment. Maybe one day...