Video: When We Build
The web is buzzing, and rightly so, about Wilson Miner’s incredibly inspiring talk from the 2011 Build Conference in Belfast. You may recognize Miner’s name from his role in developing Django, as part of the team that built Apple.com or as one of the founders of Everyblock.
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After you’re done be sure to visit Miner’s website, which has links to all the material used in the talk, including books, videos, music and images for anyone who would like to learn more.
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Sketching in Layers
From a wonderful article at Smashing Magazine called The Messy Art Of UX Sketching. Really a must read.
Stunning Coprorate ID Packages
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Nutrition Plate Replaces Food Pyramid
Via the Washington Post:
The new design, called MyPlate, was conceived as a crucial part of Mrs. Obama’s campaign against obesity, designed to remind consumers about the basics of a healthful diet.
The plate is split into four sections, for fruit, vegetables, grains and protein. A smaller circle sits beside it for dairy products.
I never had a problem with the “old school” food pyramid, but this is design is like 100 times better. I am sure the food pyramid makes sense to teens )when educated about it) and adults, but this highlights what food should be eaten each meal that even a young child should grasp. Very well done.
Edward Tufte Profile
Joshua Yaffa profiles Edward Tufte, one of my personal heros, for The Washington Monthly.
After the publication of Envisioning Information, Tufte decided, he told me, “to be indifferent to culture or history or time.” He became increasingly consumed with what he calls “forever knowledge,” or the idea that design is meant to guide fundamental cognitive tasks and therefore is rooted in principles that apply regardless of the material being displayed and the technology used to produce it. As Tufte explains it, basic human cognitive questions are universal, which means that design questions should be universal too. “I purposely don’t write books with names like How to Design a Web Site or How to Make a Presentation,” he told me.
