Lessons learned when working with creatives.
I’d like to discuss this book for our next team off-site.
Alan Cooper challenges Interaction Designers to lead “an Insurgence of Quality.” I found this keynote presentation to be fascinating. Definitely worth watching.
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”Jazz composer and bassist, Charles Mingus
“Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.”Shaker design philosophy (via Joshua Porter)
One of the secrets of going from good to great: just do it. Over and over and over.
“Your Journey Made Simple” by Shaz Madani
A response designed to promote the M25 motorway. On one side the poster gives exact directions that would have to be taken in order to travel from one side of London to the other illustrating the complexity and confusion involved in taking alternative routes through the center of the city. The reverse side reads: “wipe away the confusion take the M25″.
Another interesting interactive tool for tracking the US presidential election. This one allows quick access to the number of news news article references for each candidate. It’s very easily digested data. It’s interesting to see the contrast in coverage between Biden and Palin. Check it out.
“What creates success isn’t raw innovation, it’s considered design.”Alan Cooper
Yahoo!’s Political Dashboard provides users with a quick perspective of the current US presidential election polls.
Sony Walkman advertisement via adgoodness
Nikon’s announcement of D-Movie makes flickr’s video potential a little more interesting. Yet another reason you shouldn’t have bought a Canon :)
I am blown away by the work being done by this team at the University of Washington. Their software has the potential to narrow the gap between the professional and hobbyist filmmaker by leaps and bounds.
““Available information wisely used is far more valuable than multiplied information allowed to lie fallow.””Dallin H. Oaks, “Focus and Priorities
The Earth and Moon as seen from Mars.
My pinewood derby cars were usually whittled with a jack-knife. Luckily, I never had to compete against a design firm.
The Faction circa 1992 (original photo restored)
An interesting article discussing the relationship between language and the perception of color.
“In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.”Steve Jobs
“Simplicity is often responsible for the ‘dumbing’ of information rather than the illumination of it.”Michael Hoffman speaking on the difference between simplicity and clarity