Joby Sessions Photography™ In Defense of Eye Candy. We’ve all seen arguments in the design community that dismiss the role of beauty in visual interfaces, insisting that good designers base their choices strictly on matters of branding or basic design principles.
Lost in these discussions is an understanding of the powerful role aesthetics play in shaping how we come to know, feel, and respond. Consider how designers “skin” an information architect’s wireframes. Or how the term “eye candy” suggests that visual design is inessential. Our language constrains visual design to mere styling and separates aesthetics and usability, as if they are distinct considerations. Your Daily Awesome. Eye Candy IS A Critical Business Requirement. Processing.unlekker.net - Sketches and code. Create Digital Motion » processing.org. Levitated Daily Source, the good source. Dieter Rams / Selector for 25/25 - Celebrating 25 Years of Design : Industrial Designer (1932-) - Design/Designer Information.
Dieter Rams Industrial Designer (1932-) Selector for 25/25 - Celebrating 25 Years of Design 29 March - 22 June 2007 As head of design at Braun, the German consumer electronics manufacturer, DIETER RAMS (1932-) emerged as one of the most influential industrial designers of the late 20th century by defining an elegant, legible, yet rigorous visual language for its products.
Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic.