The design patterns from the book A Pattern Language comes from Christopher Alexander’s observation of small towns that survived from the Medieval century. The way people construct the buildings falls naturally along with a certain set of rules, which sets the base of early architecture. In #41 Work Community, Alexander explores the physical and social…
Tomoko Miho
Tomoko Miho is a Japanese-American graphic designer, born in 1931 and spent her early years at an Arizona internment camp during World War II.1 After graduation at Minneapolis College of Art and Design and Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, she worked for George Nelson, an American industrial designer known for being one of…
Humane Communication
Christopher Alexander presented case studies of human patterns. Degrees of Publicness claim to make a clear definition between three different kinds of people: extrovert, intermediate, and introvert by explaining planning houses placement. Facebook has a setting to make one’s profile visible to people. In the Friends tab, Facebook suggests people a user may know, accompanied by two responses:…
Kim Goodwin
Kim Goodwin is the author of the bestselling book, Designing for the Digital Age. Kim helps clients build their own product and design competencies and cultures, both through organizational consulting and through leading highly collaborative research, product strategy, and design engagements. You may also know Kim from her previous work as Vice-President, Design and General…
