Apr
24
how design delivers value
ByA Friday epigram. (It just occurred to me.)
Design was once to please the eye,
now it serves to please the mind.
- "Geek culture [is] so mainstream the term “geek culture” sounds like a relic from an earlier era." @ewdarrenfranich http://t.co/oWtFGPav 2 days ago
- thanks all! #hbrchat 6 days ago
- Looks like we are slowing down and the hour almost up. Thanks everyone 4 great comments and questions. Now going to sit v. quietly #hbrchat 6 days ago
- ThesocialCMO, it depends, if what u r doing is trying a new cultural form & the world goes "yes, that's what's next" then u r a C #hbrchat 6 days ago
- yes, and hip hop has kept itself in existence by drawing in, mashing up, other musical materials, v. culturematic #hbrchat 6 days ago
- Jay-Z example: using a broadway show tune when you are a self described "projects hustler" #hbrchat 6 days ago
- Tom, absolutely, culturematic is a culturematic. It says try thinking about the world this way & see if it gets clearer #hbrchat 6 days ago
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Designers once could utter “I”
Now they work with us in kind.
Design was once the ideational means to customer satisfaction.
It has become a wall of gum that circumvents interaction.
Design was once the antidote
Invented by some lovely folk
The antidote to modern times
Ninety years later it all rhymes
Designer Genes may come with instructions for care:
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Good design, when eye and mind agree in beauty
Bad design, when the eye alone is masturbating