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In support of a less cluttered screen
These past few days have been rather depressing. We feel this way for two reasons: We live in an online world that needs a plug-in like Readability to make it bearable. A divisive but exciting...
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Minube search results: beauty and honesty
I deeply believe that honesty and beauty are two of the most important values in design. We put as much as we could in the redesign of the Search Results page of Minube for flights and hotels and the...
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My update to the Vignelli Chart of Ideological and Design Changes
I made a personal update to the Schematic Chart of Ideological and Design Changes from the 60s to the 80s by Massimo Vignelli. I decided to add a column named “internet times” suggesting that the...
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The political connotations of human scale in architecture and design
The difference between product design and architecture is in human scale and that has to do with political power. There is something subduing in the creation of structures we humans inhabit or use in...
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Designing a newspaper from scratch
Los Angeles Times reports that Rupert Murdoch plans on launching a newspaper for the iPad and the like only. Freshly designed. Both content and form from scratch. I’d sell my soul to Lucifer to be on...
View ArticleVitsoe and timeless design
Mark Adams, managing director of Vitsoe, states it very clear when talking about their furniture. They make furniture that’s timeless because they don’t believe in recycling, they believe in designing...
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The structure of a system reflects…
Bruno Teixidor brought me a wall map of the Moscow’s metro network some time ago. I have it hanging on a wall to remind me this exact quote: The structure of a system reflects the structure of the...
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We believe the best way to express our views on design is to let our clients speak for themselves: We’d like to thank our clients and Riot Cinema for this video.
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The 26 books that shaped me as an interaction designer
When recalling the sources that taught me and influenced me as an interaction designer many things come to mind: presentations, movies, observation, experience… and obviously books. I’ve been asked...
View ArticleShigeru Aoki on lighter and stronger structures
I think the human body and buildings have a lot in common. Buildings are as weak as they are heavy, and one tool in our armament is a process known as genchiku, which we can use to decrease the overall...
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