The 7 Biggest Challenges in Merging Design and Business. Recently, I gave a speech at the RGD Design Thinkers event here in Toronto. For a first-ever keynote, I think it went ok, though I probably relied on reading out my notes too much. But given that I used this forum to tell designers they can be ? Dictatorial, inflexible, snobby? , people were pretty friendly. It's super long, but here's the text, along with the beautiful typographic slides designed by my friend Timothy O? Donnell, who stepped in to save me from the indignity of having to present homemade slides to an audience of professional designers. A couple of weeks ago, I was discussing coming to this event with a designer friend of mine.
Now bear in mind that this was a designer talking! That he didn't was more than just an affront to my ego. And yet, we know in reality that they were never actually handed over. Design has been democratized. In reality, many of the tools that were once strictly in the domain of designers have been distributed across borders and boundaries. Educational Resources for Studying Graphic Design. One of the greatest things about having access to the Internet, is the educational opportunities that it affords the public. People in all professions have the ability to expand their knowledge base through the wealth of information being shared via the Internet, and the same holds true for those who are studying graphic design. [fblike] The Internet is positively bursting with tutorials and resources that can help one advance through the various stages of becoming a successful graphic designer.
All the way, from a newbie to an experienced pro. Today, that is our purpose here. Gaining knowledge about graphic design so that we can advance our skills and blossom in our chosen fields. Here is a collection of invaluable educational resources on graphic design that have been broken down into different categories depending on your preferred methods of consumption. Each one of us has their own approach of learning, either learning visually, auditory or through repetitious means. PDFs Articles. Steve Jobs, a designer at heart. We at WDD are deeply saddened by Steve Jobs’ passing… And while the Internet is buzzing with people’s heartfelt emotions about his life’s impact and legacy, we’d also like to pay tribute with this modest homage. A designer at heart, design was at the core of Steve’s life and that translated to revolutionary and yes we can also say ‘magical’ products. But he says it better: “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like.
Design is how it works.” And we can only imagine how many lives have been influenced by his vision and how deep he reached into all the corners of the world… In this post, we’ve collected some rare photos of Steve as well as some famous quotes that depict his visions and personality. Comments are open for you to share how he impacted your career as a designer and as a person, we sure know that he has deeply influenced us! “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. Mike Kruzeniski – How Print Design is the Future of Interaction. This post describes “How Print Design is the Future of Interaction,” a talk I gave at SXSW Interactive on March 12, 2011.
The slides from the talk are available to view on Slideshare, and you can see some of the discussion that followed on Twitter here. Introduction There are three areas that I covered in the talk. First, how the visual language of UI has evolved and been shaped in to what we find in the interfaces we are familiar with today. When I talk about “Print” here, I’m not interested in the literal transfer of printed media on to screen, like we see in some applications which try to recreate the exact textures and layouts of newspapers, for example.
A Brief History of Interaction Design If we trace the history of modern User Interface, it all begins with Vannevar Bush’s Memex machine. At the very least, the Memex was an important inspiration for the first computer designs at SRI and Xerox PARC, which formed the foundation for the PC’s we use and live with today. 1. . — Mark Boulton. Quotes on Design. The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero. EDIT: Updated details on shipping, especially for our international friends. Hi. My name's Frank Chimero. I've spent the better part of the last two years writing and speaking on design and thinking about the topics that orbit the practice: storytelling, concept, craft, and improvisation. I want to take all of the ideas I've had and connected these past few months and capture them in a book format.
I've been teaching for the past 5 years, and I've always been a bit frustrated that there isn't a nice, concise book that overviews the mental state of a successful designer while they go through their creative process. There are new challenges in the world that need to be discussed, and I think design is a prime lens to consider these topics. The Shape of Design isn't going to be a text book. But really, this book aims to look at the mindset and worldview that designing develops in order to answer one big, important question: How can we make things that help all of us live better? The Book! The Principles of Design. The web professional's online magazine of choice. In: Columns > Design in Theory and Practice By Joshua David McClurg-Genevese Published on June 13, 2005 Starting with the Basics This column is about Web design—really, it is—though it may at times seem a bit distant and distracted. We can group all of the basic tenets of design into two categories: principles and elements.
Web design is a relatively new profession compared to other forms of design, due to the youth of our medium. How Does Web Design Fit In? I tend to define Web design as being one of many disciplines within the larger field of design (a peer to print design, industrial design, interior design, etc.). The first three articles of this column will be dedicated to unearthing these universal gems of insight so that we may better understand our profession. The Principles of Design There are many basic concepts that underly the field of design.
Let’s begin by focusing on the principles of design, the axioms of our profession. Rhythm. Kicker Studio: The Disciplines of User Experience. UPDATE: I updated this diagram in 2009 for the second edition of Designing for Interaction that addresses some of the shortcomings I note below. The diagram now looks like this (click for larger image): Like almost nothing I’ve done, a model that I put in my first book Designing for Interaction showing the overlapping disciplines of user experience/experience design has been referenced repeatedly in various places. The problem is I was never very happy with the diagram. For one thing, it’s missing architecture in there, which is becoming increasing important. So I redrew it: Click for a larger image or download the pdf. It’s still not perfect: it’s missing Sound Design and Ergonomics/Human Factors, and the way the circles had to overlap downplays Visual Design.
This diagram also begs the question: what is user experience design by itself, those areas that aren’t filled up with other bubbles? Cartographie de la recherche en design.