Minimalist Design

[nemorathwald]

I just think these designs look better. It's my design philosophy. These are items you pick up and handle and use. They should not look like they belong on the wall in a frame. They should not depict. They should do and be.

But then I would get questioned for why I was hired as a designer if I was going to do so little. You have to make the design worse with lots of ornamentation to justify your pay. This is one of the reasons I would rather work on usability and legibility than design.

Also: What if Microsoft designed the iPod packaging? (SLYT)

Comments

[matt-arnold.livejournal.com]

It occurs to me I have never bought even one of these brands, save for one or two boxes of Quik over the years. I think part of the reason marketing is a poor fit for me is that I so seldom buy things. Since I think people should stop buying things so much, I have no interest in getting better at persuading them to do so.