January 2012
4 posts
“Design thinking is a pragmatics, a set of algorithms, tried and tested tactics...”
– design thinking – pragmatics – Michael Shanks
“For me, making is rarely a tidy experience…My personal motto remains: whenever...”
– Tammy Shell
“Most scholars agree that is is very difficult to improve the skills of the...”
– Leif E Ostman
“We can collectively effect the world through design. We need to pick up where...”
– Kanye West twitter feed
December 2011
2 posts
“In the end, you need to master your craft, get over it, then focus on the...”
– larry legend
“Problems to solve weren’t just limited to clients but they could be found...”
– An Exhibition of Graphic Design’s Cutting Edge | Co.Design
November 2011
4 posts
“The internet has no eraser.”
– Liz Strauss
“Massimohadthissaying:“Onceaworkis...”
– Debbie Millman - How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer
“Once a work is out there, it doesn’t really matter what the excuses
were.”
– Massimo Vignelli
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t know it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein
October 2011
4 posts
“Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward.”
– hillary clinton
“Jobs’s more significant contribution is in this remarkable set of tools he has...”
– The Job Jobs Did - NYTimes.com
“Leaving his irreversible impact on business aside, I’m interested in his...”
– The Job Jobs Did - NYTimes.com
“Form needn’t follow function; the two are intertwined, and don’t forget delight....”
– The Job Jobs Did - NYTimes.com
June 2011
4 posts
“We are excited to see how technology can be used as a platform to bring back...”
– Four Keys To Creating Products For The Lady Gaga Generation | Co.Design
“Gen Y is a generation of self-confident optimists due to years of helicopter...”
– Four Keys To Creating Products For The Lady Gaga Generation | Co.Design
“Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.”
– Chuck Close
“Ever fewer people appear to understand that design is a serious profession; and...”
– swissmiss
April 2011
9 posts
Lots of people these days use Cargo or Index Exhibit and they work well. WS: Can you explain “Cargo” and “Index Exhibit”? JL:They are portfolio website templates. They’re probably the most widely used templates for designers and people in advertising. The great thing about them is that people can customize the way they want their sites to look and they don’t have to know PHP or coding. It’s a...
“The thing is: art takes a lot of energy to make. You don’t have that...”
– kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products
This year, with the rush of events from the Middle East, being on Twitter is like stepping into the stream of living history. And just below the surface is another layer of links to smart and succinct analysis, as hundreds of knowledgeable commentators step back and apply their experience and insight to makes sense of what they are seeing and hearing. The next layer will be longer pieces in...
“people achieve superior performances when they are “aligned with the...”
– Why Merit Pay for Teachers Won’t Work - Education - GOOD
“Studies have shown that employees, both male and female, are wary of working for...”
– Equal Pay Day Tips for Working Women - Business - GOOD
“successful women were characterized as more selfish, manipulative and...”
– Equal Pay Day Tips for Working Women - Business - GOOD
“The designer’s roll is to attempt to steer the client from the idea of...”
– mix o tammy
“The point is, you should get comfortable moving beyond just brainstorming and...”
– Ten Steps to Becoming the Designer You Want to Be - Design - GOOD
“4. Write, blog, and speak on that topic
You’re an expert once you feel...”
– Ten Steps to Becoming the Designer You Want to Be - Design - GOOD
March 2011
3 posts
There is something in the air. A general feeling. If you make things for the web, you feel it too. The stakes are higher now. We care more. Somewhere in the past few months, this community has realized that even though the web as a medium is young, it is composed of adults. We’ve got pretty good hunches about what works. We know where things break. The tools aren’t perfect, but they never will be....
“In those 15 years I’ve learned that the web has countless ways to say “no,” or...”
– Frank Chimero on Mr. Ford
“We work because it’s a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next.”
– Charles Eames
January 2011
8 posts
“Think of school: you wouldn’t get an “A” just for perfect attendance, but you...”
– A List Apart: Articles: Coaching a Community
“on marriage…
when you realize you are capable of more than you thought”
– tennis (band)
“the goal should not be simply to have more students with sheepskins, but rather...”
– College Inc. - Guest post: ‘Academically Adrift,’ indeed
“words + pictures have consequences. communicate responsibly.”
– Christopher vice
“Don’t undertake a project unless it’s manifestly important and...”
“In the Systems theme is “Information Visualization;” the objectives include...”
– Bobulate
“Everyone in this program knows something about either design, iPhone interfaces,...”
– Bobulate
“One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once one knows of the necessary...”
– George Sand
December 2010
3 posts
“When I was 12, I spent hours drawing floor plans of ranch houses.”
– Burning Settlers Cabin
“Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit - aristotle”
– swissmiss
“Some resistance is good.”
– Frank Chimero
November 2010
9 posts
“Envy can be a big motivator.”
– Jessica Hische
“If design is visual communication, it should be treated as such: as a means for...”
– Frank Chimero
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry...”
– it’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see - Google Search
“I learned a lot about the communication process during the critique, just as...”
– Kelsey Anderson’s Design Blog
“Complacency is death.”
– After School Special: Advice for Emerging Designers — AIGA | the professional association for design
“Students naturally make connections between pieces of knowledge. When those...”
– The Kansas City Art Institute Mail - [aiga-education] Digest Number 979 - jgray@kcai.edu
“We must bring together aspects from all social circles into one, cohesive...”
– » Juxtaposition v. Serendipity
“a “tiny pony.” It is a thing that is exceptional that no one, for whatever...”
– Frank Chimero - There is a Horse in the Apple Store
“no idea is above being second-guessed, and that the moment you stop...”
– Frank Chimero