Good vs. Great Design
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What's makes the difference between good and great design? Or for that matter, between good and great designers? I don't pretend to know the answer. I've been designing for 10+ years and I still don't consider myself a great designer. What this presentation offers, however, are a few principles I've learned along the path to becoming a great designer.
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- 4. “ Do we really need a simple definition of design or should we accept that design is too complex a matter to be summarised in less than a book? BRYAN LAWSON, HOW DESIGNERS THINK ”
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- 6. “GREAT” DESIGN ...solicits strong emotional response ...justifies its creation ...inspires other designers
- 8. “ Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. ” CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HEBBEL
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- 39. LESSON IN A TWEET Satisfy your passions, whether on the clock or off.
- 45. “ More powerful than the obstacles around us are the obstacles within us. The most potent forces that kill off new ideas are our own limitations. SCOTT BELSKY, MAKING IDEAS HAPPEN ”
- 50. LESSON IN A TWEET Be a finisher. The world has enough starters.
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- 53. “ The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction. ” JOHN MAEDA, THE LAWS OF SIMPLICITY
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- 71. LESSON IN A TWEET Great hierarchy isn’t always achieved by eliminating complexity, but by managing it.
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- 93. INFLUENCE happens when you’re looking for it. INSPIRATION happens when you’re not.
- 96. INSPIRATION ...is different for everyone ...can’t be scheduled ...is elusive
- 97. “ ” It’s different for everyone. Then don’t worry about what works for them. Find out what works for you.
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- 100. “ ” It can’t be scheduled. Then create opportunities to increase your chances for inspiration.
- 101. “Whoever sheds the blood of man by man shall his blood be shed.”
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- 104. Fallen. POSTURE In silence we ponder Momentarily. TIME Years fail to wash away PERPETUANCE Memories that stain the walls of yesterday. RECOLLECTION What are ey but those we revere? Indelible is the pain Yet greater is the courage CENTRAL THEME Of those who gave the incalculable bequest. What are we but guardians of the legacy now ours? Written in our hearts the memories RECOLLECTION In perpetuity remain. PERPETUANCE Forever TIME Will the Fallen Stand. POSTURE
- 106. “ Instinct … is largely memory in disguise. It works quite well when it is trained, and poorly otherwise. ROBERT BRINGHURST, ” THE ELEMENTS OF TYPOGRAPHIC STYLE
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- 124. CREATIVE PAUSE The shift from being fully engaged in a creative activity to being passively engaged (or disengaged altogether).
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- 128. LESSON IN A TWEET Schedule deliberate pauses from work that free the mind and invite new thinking. Capture what comes of it.
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