Points on Making Good Design

Watching this weeks Coursera lectures for Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society, our professor Karl T. Ulrich really got it bang on with his three simple points for 'How to Create Beautiful Artifacts.'.

• Work hard.
• Take care & notice (or Be aware)
• Iterage again and again

I may argue that this would sum up how to be good at anything.

Choosing the best

I love this post "The Best" by Dustin Curtis.  Do your research, think about design and you will find a product that solves your problem.  Design is important.

It’s better to have a few fantastic things designed for you than to have many untrustworthy things poorly designed to please everyone. The result–being able to blindly trust the things you own–is intensely liberating.

This also rings true as I learn new design techniques and ways tho think through a problem during Coursera's Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society.

I found Curtis's post through Daring Fireball by John Gruber which I regularly read.

Design Quote: Malcom Gladwell

"By embracing the diversity of humans being, we will find a sure way to true happiness."

Malcolm Gladwell speaking about Howard Moscovitz at TedTalks 2004