January 2011
34 posts
必要的功课：预演 →
It’s not directly related, but after reading this, I acquired another layer of understanding about sketching, although the connection is still blury.
“In the varied topography of professional practice, there is a high, hard ground...”
– Donald A. Schön
Thoughts on Digital Sustainability
There are 142 apps on my iPhone. Only 8 to 10 apps are actively used in my daily life. Most apps are dormant in some corner. I have free dictionary app that I love and use all the time, while in the same folder, the $29.99 Collins English Dictionary was only used once or twice. There are 4 screens of camera and photo processing apps on one of my friend’s iPhone. I wonder how many photo processing...
“To know how to design does not necessarily mean that the designer has a...”
– The Design Way
“Every people, of everytime, have known the importance of dreaming. When their...”
– encyclopedia of things that never were
“Einstein’s high school teacher, who once made the following immortal...”
– TIME Magazine: Forward Thinking
WatchHe is a wise man. I didn’t get it when I first saw this TED talk. Now a little better.
Powers of Ten. →
The Website Built Based on the Film.
“写到这里突然想起一句话，越优秀的算法总是越贴近生活。而这种贴近生活的感觉，也许正是组成 iPod 所向披靡的魅力的成分吧。”
– 从随机播放算法看 iPod 的细节之美 | 爱范儿: 拇指资讯小众讨论 之前有想过这个问题, 不过没有继续下去, 这两点分析的确在理. 用户体验的优秀也就体现在这些细节的处理上. 给力.
The groove exploding YouTubeDisko →
Gift a Stranger →
Sweet.
NounProject →
Visual Language in CC. Just sweet.
“The habit of calling a finished product a Design is convenient but wrong. Design...”
– Charles Eames
The Quote
Today, I was looking through the old Design documents from school, and I saw this quote in one design project brief in the IDP class by Tom Peters,
… Design is one of those magical realms that works on a subconscious level. It elevates us… inspires us… thrills us… often without our understanding why. …
I didn’t take a close look at this quote when I was in...
WatchBrene Brown: The power of vulnerability
From this talk, I know that the feeling sometimes I felt is called vulnerability. I can explain why I behave in certain way now. Thank you, whole-heartedly.
Story
Wikipedia defines story as “a common term for a recounting of a sequence of events.” While Brene Brown sees story as data with a soul.
“To Patnaik, the traditional groupthink session — even with modifications —...”
– In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm - NYTimes.com
“We’re not only blind to certain things, but we’re blind to the fact that we’re...”
– In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm - NYTimes.com
“… the most important constraints that are to be made explicit have yet to...”
– Jon Kolko, Exposing the Magic of Design.
“One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once one knows of the necessary...”
– George Sand
设计的健康状态
健康是一种状态, 而这种状态需要去维持, 或者正常有规律的作息, 或者定时的锻炼身体. 一个人脸色好, 不是因为他上个月跑了一次步, 或者涂抹了高级的化妆品. 设计能力也是一样, 不是说上过设计的课程就懂设计了, 而是不停的练习, 思考, 锻炼, 才能保持一种设计的”健康状态”.
Today I saw a quote by Donatella Versace, ”Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.”
This quote makes me think. Maybe creativity dates very back or can find root from the very human nature of survival. When there is a conflict, people tend to look for a solution and when pushed enough, new ones come out.