Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
“Letters are things, not pictures of things” – Eric Gill (1882-1940)
“Users make their credibility-based decisions based upon the site’s overall visual appeal.”
—Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, 2002
Working with Giulio Cappellini (head of Cappellini, the Italian furniture maknufacturer) was a real eye opener. It was a window into a world where design was prized and respected in its capacity to grow industry.
| “Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?” | |
| Steve Jobs quotes (American Entrepreneur Apple co-Founder, b.1955) |
Everything is designed. Few things are designed well
– Brian Reed
Only 2 problems with Ikea design – The big things fall apart and the small things fall off.
Nick Garrett
“A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures.”
—Ben Shneiderman, 2003
Manufacturing is a beautiful world to the retail designer, and retail a paradise for the manufacturing designer. They are identical because design intelligence, passion and hard work, makes either work.
Nick Garrett
