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January 14th
The strengths of Japanese companies like Sony were suited to the analog era. Back then, it was all about building the best product. But in a digital era, it’s all about the network effect — it’s not as important to consumers that any individual product is superior, so much as that all of your different products work well together.
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January 13thA Theater Director on Design
Marcus Geduld’s essay holds truths relevant to anyone who seeks to create an emotional resonance with their work. His advice is especially appropriate to multi-disciplinary work, like websites, advertising, or software.
Reduced to a few points:
- Stay true to the ‘spine’ (core metaphor) of your vision
- Eliminate redundancy, ruthlessly (with exceptions)
- Don’t over-tell: Divide & Conquer across media and methods
- Simplify
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January 8th
Apps are not Applications—they are their own things. They are smaller. They are more fun. Apps are treats atop your technological sundae.
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January 6th
Clever out-of-home ads by Ubachswisbrun JWT in the Netherlands. Core77
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January 2nd
The extent to which you have a design style is the extent to which you have not solved the design problem.
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December 28thThe Experience Imperative
Ken Fry’s manifesto for industrial designers rings true for physical and interactive designers of all stripes…
…except for his call to “[label] yourself an experience designer.” As lovely as the title is, it doesn’t mean much. Improve your work, not your title.
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December 27th
Inside the Nokia N900 Hackerbox
To promote ‘hacking’ on Nokia’s open Linux-based N900 device, they commissioned a high-tech puzzle box. The mysterious, shiny black box could only be opened through a USB connection.
After entering the secret phrase, the box automatically opens, and smoke (!) pours out. Inside, eager developers find an N900, plus other geeky goodies. Footage of the demo starts at 1:42.
That’s how you develop a promo leave-behind.
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December 26th
Get your hands dirty: a poster by Roland Reiner Tiangco Curved White
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December 21st
No one promised us tomorrow.
