Mid-century designers are pivotal pieces for interactive design and designers in general. The principles they created then are being used in my classes now. Like the Eames making sure to have fun in their construction of chairs, through the process though they would try, fail and repeat this process. Iterating forms over and over. Gerstner and his use of grids are used from higher fidelity...
fitting the Machine to the Man An anthropometric graphic from Niels Diffrient’s book Humanscale What do you think of when you hear the term human-centered? It’s not the first time you’ve heard it. Out of ten LinkedIn profiles, it’s bound to pop up more than once—perhaps even alongside other tired words like empathy and detail-oriented. It paints a pretty picture, sure...
From my perspective, we can learn a lot of useful things from these multidisciplinary mid-century designers. They are exposed to many different fields and disciplines and have a wide range of mindsets. Their different professional knowledge together influences their designs. As a young generation of designers, we should try to contact and learn different disciplines and fields, and use what we...
I can learn a lot from the designers who were multi-disciplined. Their ability to be able to not limit their expertise to not just a single area allowing their knowledge and experience to affect all areas of design is very inspiring. I really do believe that a designer’s eye is not limited to just one area, we do train our eyes to become more experienced in specific fields we enjoy, but it...
Mid-Century Modern is the term that broadly describes the dominant style of architecture, interior design, product design, and graphic design during the mid-20th century. Like their European peers, U.S. designers of the mid-20th century emphasized clean lines, simple forms, and functionality in their works. Such minimalistic and organic style is appreciated even decades later; the mid-century...
For designers, it’s easy to forget how important it is to apply Ram’s ten principles to work. No matter what role you play in any design field, you will affect this world, and it may not always be positive. I’ve learned it doesn’t take a radical life-changing design to be relevant, innovative, and long-lasting. For Charles and Ray Eames, simple products like plywood would...
Opening the site is an introduction to the Bauhaus School. There is a History of the Bauhaus, Masters and Apprentices, Principles and Curriculum. It also includes Key Elements of the Bauhaus school, such as From and Color, Matter and Material, Body, and Sprit. The Bauhaus was one of the most influential cultural movements of the 20th century, and at its heart was an obsession with...
This is a biography of Dana Cho. Dana Cho is a partner at IDEO in Palo Alto, California. She is responsible for helping designers, clients and organizations create great and scalable brand experiences. Her areas of focus are hospitality, healthcare, and retail. Dana brings a people-centric perspective to drive product innovation and create new services and experiences that inspire customer love...
Memex is mechanized to store books, project articles, communications, and writing notes with faster speed and more flexibility. It was developed as an effective supplement for human brains and limited memories and simplified communication between researchers. Sounds like an early-stage Kindle model to me. Inventions have transformed from extending human’s (at that time mainly man’s) physical...
Scientist Vanneva Bush imagined a possible direction of human technology after World War II in Memex, and imagined many technological developments, such as many advanced photography techniques, he thought that there would be faster materials and lenses in the future, and more The automatic camera, he imagined a camera slightly larger than a walnut could fit on a video hound. And at that time, it...
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The modern design industry has inherited many qualities from Bauhaus. But speaking of interaction design, I think the essential point of Bauhaus philosophy is that “forms follow function.” In interaction design, we always identify a problem first, then build a function upon the problem. While the form of the design is based on the specific function. The possibilities of the design...
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Simpson, Veronica. Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg – Interview: ‘We Need to Radically Rethink Our Behaviours, Globally’. Studio International: Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, 14 May 2020, . Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg is an artist who was born in 1982 and lives in London, UK. Dr. Ginsberg has been dedicated to exploring the connections between technology and nature. She went to school in...
The distinguished scientist and scholar Vannevar Bush first outlined his vision of Memex in his 1945 article “As We May Think” while serving as the scientific adviser to President Roosevelt and Harry Truman. In his article, Bush discussed a possible direction for human technology in the aftermath of World War II, envisioning an automated information management system, a machine that...
Sharae Gibbs is the CEO and founder of She Designs, home of The Women of Color UX Design Course. An avid champion of women and celebrator of diversity, Gibbs provides training, mentorship, and support to hundreds of WOC designers, both emerging and seasoned.
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