Design

What Is Design

  • Design is when context is manipulated (optimized) to compliment function.
  • Design is when the outside appearance is a servant of the internal requirements.
  • Design is the details sweated over so thoroughly that they look almost childishly simple.

Intro

  • Design is something that happens when the outside appearance is a servant of the internal requirements.
  • Beauty can often result.

Example

  • Take the sleep light on a Mac:
  • Jonathan Ive (Apple's head designer) was once challenged that this was trivial eye candy.
  • His answer?
  • That a soft, pulsing light perfectly represents the sleep state of the computer.
  • That it also looks good is an intentional bonus.
  • Lately, this design has been refined —
  • the light glows steadily when the display sleeps,
  • indicating that the machine is still on.
  • It also glows steadily while the contents of RAM are written to disk on entering hibernation.
  • That is design:
  • Details sweated over so thoroughly that they look almost childishly simple.
  • design is when context is manipulated to compliment function
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