Thought this was a great find from LifeHacker, about the 2003 keynote by the author Neal Stephenson at USENIX. When he wrote his first novel it was on a "modern" typewriter with a plastic ribbon that would start jamming in Iowa’s July heat Read More...
Posted to
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on 08-07-2008
Filed under: Design, Heroes, Intersting or Strange
Poetic entry on drawing from Lebbeus Woods.
“Even though I am best known for my drawings, and have spent many years as a teacher of architects, I have never taught drawing. The reason is that each person who wants to draw should devise his or her Read More...
Posted to
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on 05-06-2008
Filed under: Design, Heroes, visualization
I have no problem with this article drawing some close comparisons between the work of Dieter Rams and the work of Jonathan Ive at Apple. It’s not blatant plagiarism, and the calculator in the iPhone already demonstrated that the respect was there Read More...
Posted to
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on 01-18-2008
Filed under: Design, Heroes
Here’s a list and explanation of Dieter Rams’ 10 Commandments for good design.
Vitsœ | About / Good design… Read More...
Posted to
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on 11-09-2007
Filed under: Heroes
Grumpy old curmudgeon, aka design god (Monoscope) Some great Paul Rand quotes. “Don’t try and be original, just try to be good”. “To do things with quality. I think this is what in a big sense aesthetics means”. “Order Read More...
Posted to
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on 10-25-2007
Filed under: Design, Heroes