Shaker Philosophy

28Jan12

If it is not useful or necessary, free yourself from imagining that you need to make it. If it is useful and necessary, free yourself from imagining that you need to enhance it by adding what is not an integral part of its usefulness or necessity. And finally: If it is both useful and necessary [...]

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Think Different

27Jan12

Why do designers often claim that corporate executives think differently from them? We’re trained as engineers. We have MBAs. Because we believe that business is a reductionist activity, rather than a holistic activity. Mistake number one is treating design as a veneer issue rather than a soul issue. The dumbest mistake is viewing design as [...]

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Graphic Enlargement

16Jan12

I just discovered this way to enlarge images from the internet that have low resolution (and hence create lots of ugly jpg artifacts when enlarged). Overlay a grid of 50% grey in a clean full-res pattern and reduce its opacity; It’s perceptual magic.

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