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Noticed my daughters start the car differently than I do. Likely based on their own UX histories.

When you use a car with a push start button, do you?

#cars#ux#design

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Happy 93rd birthday to industrial designer Dieter Rams. He's most often associated with the consumer products brand Braun, introducing sustainable design, and his list of Ten Principles of Good Design.

"Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design."
– Dieter Rams

You can watch a documentary about Rams on the website of independent filmmaker Gary Hustwit.

ohyouprettythings.com/rams

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Some really smart industrial designer somewhere, somewhen:
I'm going to design a really novel ballpoint pen mechanism where you click on the button to engage the pen, but then click on the pen clip to release it. We'll make millions!!!

Me:

  • Grabs pen
  • Click, engages pen
  • Holds the pen to write something
  • Click, disengages pen
  • uh...
  • Click, engages pen
  • Holds pen
  • Click, disengages

Great, now I have to think about how I hold your precious pen. lol

#Design #IndustrialDesign #NotaFountainPenPleaseDontHateMeItsJustForWorkStuff

P.S., just realized that this is totally an analogy for modern UI Design, particularly "Client Side Decorations" (titlebar colonization by cruft, lol) and the horrid shoestring scrollbars that are so popular now.

One design worked PERFECTLY for fifty years, and some young person had to come along and "innovate" it without considering how it would affect the users.

Every. Dang. Time, people!

#UI#UX#UIDesign

Just seen this today (thanks to @brucknerite):

Commercially Available Chairs in Star Trek
🔗 ex-astris-scientia.org/databas

"Countless off-the-shelf office chairs, lounge chairs or car seats appeared in Star Trek productions. Here is a list of the models that we found, among them many design classics. Currently identified: 180."

www.ex-astris-scientia.orgEx Astris Scientia - Commercially Available Chairs in Star TrekOff-the-shelf office chairs, lounge chairs or car seats in Star Trek