a few interesting quotes about good design, creativity and technology

Process: “To create good designs, you have to understand people – what they need, want and enjoy, as well as how they think and behave.” (“Designing Interactions”, p.725)

Designing New Version: “The chance to set a precedent with something completely new is rare. In most cases you are designing a new version of something that is already there, so you can research what has been done before, learn the lessons from previous attempts, discover guiding principles, and extract knowledge from precedents.” (“Designing Interactions”, p.727)

Brainstorming rules: “defer judgment, encourage wild ideas, build on the ideas of others, stay focused on the topic, and keep one conversation at a time.” (“Designing Interactions”, p.733)

“If there is consensus among team members that a new idea has value, it is usually worth stepping back from the process and going back to first principles to help decide what to do next”. (“Designing Interactions”, p.733)

“A good motto for designing interactions is to evaluate early, often, and as late as possible”. (“Designing Interactions”, p.734)

“Human biology and psychology do not change much with time: society and culture change very slowly. Technology changes rapidly.” (“The Design of Everyday Things”, p.xiv)

~ by Rocky on February 10, 2008.