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Good design manages to both showcase the best of engineering efforts while simultaneously hiding them from the user. This reminds me of the documentary, "Objec
by 127001brewer 15y ago
Good 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