Design by committee
Bjørn Rybakken has a take on design-by-committee in his excellent new book Formsans og Design. Enjoy:
Unfortunately the book is only available in Norwegian, I'm not aware of plans to publish it in english. (The shaky translation of the illustration is mine).
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Brilliant!
Posted by: Gill Wildman | November 21, 2008 at 12:37
Companies have come to realize that the a neat design of the hardware matters. Apple have changed many people way of thinking, now it is common to see an HP printer with a smooth white cover, when before it used to be only gray.
P.D. I Like this blog a lot, have been reading it for a few days.
The topics about, fragmentation and navigation have help me a lot.
I have a question regarding developing applications for the mobile web, I haven't been able to get a clear answer for it.
What additional security precautions will companies have to take when they develop content specifically for the web?
I would love answer if that isn't asking for too much.
Posted by: baakanit | November 19, 2008 at 16:47
still i like the first i-pod design
http://bestnewphones.blogspot.com
Posted by: phone man | November 19, 2008 at 12:38
In a similar vein, watch what happens to the venerable Stop sign once the committees get their claws into it :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwqPYeTSYng
Posted by: Francis Djabri | October 24, 2008 at 23:46
Now put it in a custom protective casing with Hello Kittys on it and it looks great again! What's the problem? ;-)
Posted by: Franz Harmer | October 23, 2008 at 07:15
Marco, that's the WHOLE POINT ! this is an example of what shouldn't happen (but sadly happens everywhere in the industry)
Posted by: ken | October 20, 2008 at 07:37
Nice Post.
One question though.
Is this a example for wrong or right use of the technique? 'Cause the SoundPro looks shitty and has a lot of stuff nobody needs
Regards,
Marco
Posted by: Marco Laspe | October 19, 2008 at 11:53