Posts tagged design
This is fantastic. I want to challenge someone to a chartoff duel.
via www.mrlerone.com
The Ideal (Junior) Industrial Designer | Michael Roller
Being a great industrial designer requires a nuanced balance of many important skills and personality traits, but which matter the most?
A few weeks ago, I initiated a project with the goal of uncovering information about how industrial designers process and evaluate the complex, nuanced combination of skills and traits that are thrown at them every time they look at a portfolio or meet someone for an interview. I sent out surveys to senior designers to get feedback that would help students and young designers understand where to focus their energy. After receiving 100 responses, I’m happy to say that this document confirms some things intuitively believed and also uncovers some interesting surprises. How important is good sketching relative to a good personality? As it turns out, they’re neck and neck.
Even though this document uses scores and percentages to organize the information, it’s important to remember that the study is still largely qualitative. With that in mind, I hope you’ll leave your comments and help me start a constructive discussion on what’s important to the young designers for which this project was created.
A PDF with full breakdowns of all questions and answers is also available here.
HTML5 Readiness →
A gorgeous CSS infographic that shows which web-features are ready for implementation today, and in what browsers, compared to 2009 and 2008.
Found via @bryanconnor
Teach Design: The Importance of Failure
Creating meaning is the hardest part of design; you’re not going to get it right the first time. But you can iterate it. Not just once, but many times. And the sooner you’re doing iterations in the actual materials of the finished product, the better the design will be. Because you can’t perfectly premeditate meaningful experiences. You have to experiment and see what happens.
