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Every so often (or perhaps all the time if you happen to be more attuned to your surroundings than I am) there are little nuances of real world design that can call your attention to previously unnoticed applications on the digital side of design as well. I noticed one of these today. This is the […]
I attended the Edward Tufte conference last Friday in San Francisco and found it to be not merely entertaining, but an excellent learning experience as well. All conference attendees received his books (Student Conference Rate = $180, Cost of Book Set = $150, Actual Conference Cost $30!) which his talk was structured around. He managed […]
I have been paying a lot more attention to design lately, and its interesting to see how the small things seem to make the biggest difference. Edward Tufte has a theory called “smallest effective difference” which talks about making visual distinctions small yet effective. I noticed a great example of this today in OS X.
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This is an interesting quote from Steve Jobs, talking about the development of the iPod.
Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like, That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.