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They might be then only ones. Cult of Mac, Disney Adults, etc. But they’ve aesthetics that resonate with a lot of people. Meta, Google, etc., for whatever reaso
by cocacola1 2mo ago
They might be then only ones. Cult of Mac, Disney Adults, etc. But they’ve aesthetics that resonate with a lot of people. Meta, Google, etc., for whatever reason, don’t.
- Apocryphon 2mo agoProduct/design-first vs. engineering-first orgs
- kergonath 2mo agoI don’t think that’s really it. Plenty of engineers care about elegance and functionality. I think calling them engineering-led is a disservice to engineers in general. Everything out of Google is Rube-Goldberg machines held together with duct tape. It is engineering in a way, but by squirrels on crack. It’s alien to how engineering is done in the real world. Everything out of Meta is pure evil. It is engineering-led if you could behavioural psychologists designing Skinner boxes as engineers. Actually, I’ll grant the Oculus division, which was mostly about engineering and designed cool products. The exception in the Borg.
- Apocryphon 2mo agoGoogle was also characterized by their infamous data-first 41 shades of blue A/B test. It seems like they went into an extreme where design was informed by user behavior, by empiricism, rather than by the taste of the designer. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/05/why-google-engineers-designers https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/05/why-googl... > Actually, I’ll grant the Oculus division, which was mostly about engineering and designed cool products. Oculus was an acquisition, so maybe that's why.