A Design Primer for Engineers(randsinrepose.com)

121 pointsby filament15 anni fa5 comments

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2012/01/16/a_design_primer_for_engineers.html

5 comments

Good design manages to both showcase the best of engineering efforts while simultaneously hiding them from the user.

This reminds me of the documentary, "Objectified": there is a complex relationship between "how it looks" with "how it works" for any given product.

(Seemingly, there has been more interest on "design"-focused start-ups, such as: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664034/a-new-vc-model-that-turn...)

lloeki15 anni fa

Also a reminder of Dieter Rams's principles[0], notably regarding usefulness, understandability and honesty.

[0] http://www.vitsoe.com/en/gb/about/dieterrams/gooddesign

michaelfeathers15 anni fa

Anyone else thrown by the use of 'design' to mean just external look and experience of a product? Software internals are designed too.

crystalis15 anni fa

So are buildings.

mjwalshe15 anni fa

As and by the assumption that all "engineers" are software engineers.