https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=963 2025-01-06T06:02:10Z https://www.snipit.org/images/scissors.gif https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=963 Snip!t channel - Alan Dix: Channels > design The strength of practice-based design research, like RtD, lies in its suitability for addressing challenges that cannot be formulated as research hypotheses [Redström, 2020]. It helps designers to ask questions instead of solving problems ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1660164 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3689041 2025-01-06T06:02:10Z For example: Apple’s typography guidelines suggest tha... for a 7:1 contrast ratio. But what ratio, you might ask,... to state the guideline? It’s 5.5:1. Apple’s guidelines for developers. https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1582411 https://backchannel.com/how-the-web-became-unreadable-a781ddc711b6#.e6xe56rr7 2016-10-20T09:11:33Z https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1304837 http://www.fastcodesign.com/3024347/finally-the-chopstick-gets-a-makeover?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcodesign%2Ffeed+%28Co.Design%29#1 2014-01-15T14:41:11Z Mark Shanley, an Irish graphic designer, turned his favo... feedback comments” into hilarious posters. Now that’... criticism. https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1013666 http://thechive.com/2013/01/30/designer-turns-negative-client-comments-into-funny-posters-41-photos/ 2013-02-19T07:46:54Z DarkPatterns.org was set up by Harry Brignull. Dark Patt... interfaces that are intended to trick people. The purpos... to spread awareness, and to name and shame sites that us... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1006129 http://darkpatterns.org/vision/ 2013-02-09T09:27:30Z Goals “Make a break with the past and go in a new direct ... A well designed concept supports usability and acces ... Think! Being innovative and creative ensures our sta ... ... Really nice art, acceptance through beauty (sexy!) :-) https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=938757 http://www.oxygen-icons.org/?page_id=2#goals 2012-12-17T11:43:58Z The iPhone that was introduced in 2007 looked nothing li... prototypes designed behind the scenes at Apple HQ. In fact, we were straight-up shocked by some of the desi ... All these designs have entered the public domain because ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=825798 http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-prototypes-2012-7 2012-08-07T14:08:08Z 0geardiff.jpg Whether I listen to my brain, or my heart, I still don't understand how these damn things work When I told my Graphic Design professor that I wanted to ... That was years ago, and orthographics, of course, are no ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=812587 http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/wrap_your_head_around_these_gears_21784.asp 2012-07-12T12:45:36Z nike_1.jpgImage Courtesy of Michael DiTullo A continuing issue in industrial design education is whe ... 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Needless to say the problem was fixed, and Gundotra says... "It was a l https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=525712 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/25/139947282/a-shade-of-yellow-steve-jobs-and-attention-to-detail?sc=tw 2011-08-31T11:08:53Z Two years ago, the technology blogger John Gruber presen... Auteur Theory of Design,” at the Macworld Expo. Mr. Gr... The auteur, a film director who both has a distinctive v ... “The quality of any collaborative creative endeavor te ... Two years a https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=498167 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/technology/what-apple-has-that-google-doesnt-an-auteur.html?_r=1 2011-07-24T20:11:49Z Game design is a process of informed iteration, not a fi... How to write a design log Start with a concept: At the very bottom of the des ... Build the prototype: Design logs exist as a supplem ... ... stuff is at the top and the old stuff is https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=437551 http://www.lostgarden.com/2011/05/game-design-logs.html 2011-05-13T15:14:08Z Everyone loves to hate Comic Sans. The child-like handwr... infamous, there is a movement to try to ban it. Mention ... common layman (aside from a preschool teacher), and you ... chuckle, mention it to a trained designer, and you’ll ... disgust. Bu https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=314805 http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/why-you-hate-comic-sans/ 2011-01-27T08:25:50Z Depuis mai 2005, le site Fubiz est axé sur les sujets d... de la culture urbaine, des produits tendances et des art... baseline Daily dose of inspiration, une version disponib... avec neuf galeries, un espace collaboratif et de nouveau... version3-1 https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=182760 http://www.fubiz.net/about/ 2010-08-02T14:00:34Z Twenty-five years after the creation of the cell phone, ... Motorola imagined what cell phones might look like in an... years. The Consumer Xperience Design (CXD) team created ... sketches that look beyond what is possible today and ima... possibiliti https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=110515 http://www.designworldonline.com/articles/4331/What-will-communication-devices-look-like-in-2033.aspx 2009-08-11T12:24:34Z squared circle An experiment with shape. Get Flash player to view this content This is a personal project that I did to satisfy my curi ... ... Then it gets playful. https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=106336 http://www.craigoldham.co.uk/experimental/squared-circle/ 2009-07-13T13:18:50Z Balsa Wood Mock-Up Modeling Tutorial ENTER https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=81994 http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/design/process/balsa/index.html 2009-02-04T10:14:46Z https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=31521 2008-02-21T10:53:22Z This site is devoted to my ongoing thought processes reg... simplicity. I wrote and designed a book entitled The Law... I have had many suggestions over the recent months with ... As for the grand challenge of the modern simplicity move ... I look forw https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=27685 http://lawsofsimplicity.com/about/ 2008-01-24T20:05:01Z starbucks center of gravity 17 January 2006 starbuckscenterofgravity.jpga world problem finally solv ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=962 http://infosthetics.com/archives/locative/ 2006-02-05T18:19:39Z