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A Design Primer for Engineers
- 127001brewer 15y agoGood design manages to both showcase the best of engineering efforts while simultaneously hiding them from the user. This reminds me of the documentary, "Objectified": there is a complex relationship between "how it looks" with "how it works" for any given product. (Seemingly, there has been more interest on "design"-focused start-ups, such as: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664034/a-new-vc-model-that-turns-designers-not-techies-into-startup-ceos http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664034/a-new-vc-model-that-turn...)
- lloeki 15y agoAlso a reminder of Dieter Rams's principles[0], notably regarding usefulness, understandability and honesty. [0] http://www.vitsoe.com/en/gb/about/dieterrams/gooddesign http://www.vitsoe.com/en/gb/about/dieterrams/gooddesign
- michaelfeathers 15y agoAnyone else thrown by the use of 'design' to mean just external look and experience of a product? Software internals are designed too.