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Archive for December, 2008

Tom Peter’s list on design

i like this: “Design is about “love” and “hate,” not “like” and “dislike”—and hence the key to emotional bonding, internally as well as externally.”

Music and Design

Color Logic is similar to that for emphasis in music: “Without accent there is no life. The beat becomes monotonous and wearisome. Music without accent lacks coherence, and movement becomes aimless where there is no impulse. Conversely, if every note, word or movement is stresses, the result has even less meaning.” Edward Tufte, Envisioning Information p. 82; Ann Driver, Music and Movement p.34

“…they are governed by good ideas and executed with superb craft. Ideas not only guide work, but also help defend our designs (by providing reasons for choices) against arbitrary taste preferences.” Edward Tufte in Envisioning Information