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I have never been forced to accept compromises, but I have willingly accepted constraints.
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some things i made and some things i found. i enjoy unpopular music, take photos, and might be on twitter. » i also have a design portfolio. |
hex anywhere!
ever wanted to get the hex value of any pixel on your screen without firing up another large app? these two small utilities have been indispensable during my latest web project:
- hex color picker from waffle software - add a hex tab to the mac os x color picker. all of your apps using the system color picker will get the new hex tab.
- colorpicker from robin wood - call the mac os x color picker independently from other apps. sometimes i don’t feel like firing up photoshop…
thanks to limi for hinting that something like this exists and that i should look into it.
an infographic that illustrates the key design changes and innovation of several game controllers
comments | tags: design industrial design infographics video game atari nintendo vectrex sega playstation xbox
The disappointment of things
Research shows that buying objects is ultimately more disappointing than buying experiences:
Psychological research tells us that this disappointment is particularly pronounced when people buy things like mp3 players or watches, compared with experiences like vacations or concert tickets (see: experiences beat possessions).The researchers explore six reasons why objects are less satisfying than their experiential counterparts:
1. Objects are easy to compare unfavourably
2. A “maximising” strategy leaves us less satisfied
3. Material purchases more likely to be re-evaluated
4. The new option effect
5. The reduced price effect
6. A cheaper rivalThis seems problematic. The research suggests, then, that if we design objects in the context of a larger experience then we’ll lower the risk of disappointment. What is the difference between “object” and “experience” though? That distinction seems very much at the discretion of an individual, not the designer.
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ah yes, philippe starck. i have a couple chairs designed by him and a digital watch ring. i was pleased to see he’d wear dainese (as have i) and prefers virtual keyboards to mechanical ones. maybe my iphone isn’t total complete shit after all, except for the service. and i enjoyed this little interview with him.
Results: What Personality Types Are Designers? | Michael Roller
My inner chart police doesn’t like the inconsistent dominant characteristic placement and reversed P/J coloring, which kind of distracted from the whole point of the article for me. It’s neat to see his little experiment, however. Note that the sample size is quite small and is comprised of a self-selected audience, so take it at face value.
I thought it would be interesting to see how this small project’s results compared to the distribution of Myers-Briggs personality types across the general population. I made a quick n dirty stacked bar graph in Google Docs, so forgive the ugliness.
The figures for “Everyone” (the general US population) above are from a random sampling of 3009 people culled from a total pool of 16,000 using the 1998 MBTI Form M. (“Dolphin Cove”. Retrieved 2008-06-25.)
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is proud to announce the release of “Coming Together”, a font created exclusively for Font Aid IV to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. The font consists entirely of ampersands, to represent the idea of people coming together to help one another. Type designers, graphic designers, and other artists from around the world contributed artwork to the font.
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Apple's iPad: For what Audience? - 52 Weeks of UX
here’s a great article that sums up why i don’t give a shit that you don’t like the iPad.
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