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Minimalist design
Roots!
Functional design +- fashion!
by Max Tkachuk for WUD Moscow. Nov‘14

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by Max Tkachuk!
Trendkill Designers. "
ex– Frog, Macpaw, VOX Player"
Trendkill Designers is software design firm. mailus@trendkilldesigners.com"
"!

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Minimalist design
Minimalist design is any design wherein
the simplest and fewest elements
are used to create the maximum value !
!

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Why Minimalist design?
– WW I, WW II, Great Depression
– Poverty and destroyed production

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What influenced
Minimalist design?
– Art and Architecture
– Social-oriented values
Contemporary Bauhaus on the Carmel by Pitsou Kedem Architects [1]

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Abstract art
De Stijl. Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg !
!!
Horizontal and vertical lines
Rectangular forms
Objects – blue | red | yellow
Separators – white | black | grey!
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De Stijl

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Architecture
Bauhaus. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Modern materials – metal and glass
Lots of open space
Minimal structural framework

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Today: Consumer electronics / Software /
Architecture / Furniture / Music / etc..

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Today: Consumer electronics / Software /
Architecture / Furniture / Music / etc..

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Today: Consumer electronics / Software /
Architecture / Furniture / Music / etc..

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Today: Consumer electronics / Software /
Architecture / Furniture / Music / etc..

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Today: Consumer electronics / Software /
Architecture / Furniture / Music / etc..

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Today: Consumer electronics / Software /
Architecture / Furniture / Music / etc..

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Functional design +– fashion

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Functional design +– fashion"
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Functional design +– fashion

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Functional design!
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Functional design is the principle that
designers should design an object
based on the purpose of that object

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Functional design basics:"
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Functional design basics:"
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Function informs Form"

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Functional design basics:"
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Function informs Form
Form informs Color"

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Functional design basics:"
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"
Function informs Form"
Form informs Color
Ease of use and simplicity of form
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Functional design basics:"
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"
Function informs Form"
Form informs Color"
Ease of use and simplicity of form"
Negative space is the accent

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Negative space – homogeneous space around the object
with the opposite color

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Negative space – homogeneous space around the object
with the opposite color

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Functional design basics:"
"
"
Function informs Form"
Form informs Color
Ease of use and simplicity of form
Negative space is the accent"
Grid is the order

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http://www.subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf

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http://www.subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf

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http://www.subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf

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Functional design basics:"
"
"
Function informs Form"
Form informs Color
Ease of use and simplicity of form"
Negative space is the accent
Grid is the order
HOW? Subtract form till Function works

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Subtraction Example: Doors

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Inside store
Outside store

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Inside store
Outside store

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Inside store
Outside store

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Inside store
Outside store

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Functional design basics:"
"
"
Function informs Form"
Form informs Color
Ease of use and simplicity of form"
Negative space is the accent
Grid is the order
HOW? Subtract form till Function works

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thnx!
Max Tkachuk
@paz0r
trendkilldesigners.com "
mailus@trendkilldesigners.com""!!

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Bonus

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RU | UA | BY design factor

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Design education
Expertise
Level 1-5"
Design theory
4+"
Information architecture
4+"
Interaction design
4+"
Interface design
5+"
Visual design
3"
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Development
2"

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No design education"
Expertise
Level 1-5"
Design theory
2"
Information architecture
2"
Interaction design
3"
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Interface design
3+"
Visual design
3-5"
Development
3-5"

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Educate yourself
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Design theory
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Information architecture
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Interaction design
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Interface design
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Visual design
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Development
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So much to fix. Get ready!

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UI / Visual contract designer
mailus@trendkilldesigners.com"
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thnx!
Max Tkachuk
@paz0r
trendkilldesigners.com "
mailus@trendkilldesigners.com""!!