in search of good design
case studies, examples of good design execution and the thinking behind them
in search of good design
Studio zurStrassen – BrandDesign andStrategy
studiozurstrassen.com
One failure mode of this process is if you Ankify*
* I.e., enter into Anki. Also useful are forms such as Ankification etc .
misleading work. Many papers contain wrong or misleading statements, and if you commit such items to memory, you're actively making yourself stupider.
* I.e., enter into Anki. Also useful are forms such as Ankification etc .
misleading work. Many papers contain wrong or misleading statements, and if you commit such items to memory, you're actively making yourself stupider.
Michael Nielsen • Augmenting Long-Term Memory
A good system is designed to be periodically cleared of cruft. It has a built-in counterbalance. Without this pressure, our bias drives us to add band-aid after band-aid, until the only choice is to destroy the whole system and start from scratch.
— Steph Ango (kepano), What can we remove
Rauno Freiberg
rauno.me
Fictive Kin
fictivekin.com
The layout and composition of this page is chef’s kiss!
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
... See moreLess is more is true in the broader scope. Here the teacup example gives context on how this maxim holds true
Design is enchantment
The TEDx talk I gave at Indiana University in November 2019 was about hope made visible. Hope is our imagined, better reality. It is not a cheap “coping mechanism.” Hope is an illogical faith in what is currently the unreal, the impossible. We do not simply want enchantment; we cannot survive without it.
By
Brian Collins
The TEDx talk I gave at Indiana University in November 2019 was about hope made visible. Hope is our imagined, better reality. It is not a cheap “coping mechanism.” Hope is an illogical faith in what is currently the unreal, the impossible. We do not simply want enchantment; we cannot survive without it.
By
Brian Collins
Brian Collins • Design is enchantment
design is to make the intangible into reality.
Playtype Fonts and typefaces - Commission Typeface - Sounds Right
playtype.comI really loved their work for Sounds Right