http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/12/12/the-complexities-of-style/ Tasty Little Nuggets of Design and Innovation Goodness Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/12/12/the-complexities-of-style/#comment-7632 niblettes Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:45:09 +0000 http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/12/12/the-complexities-of-style/#comment-7632 I've always found it interesting how polish seems to hinder conversation. When a sketch is too polished, too finished looking, the dialog seems to assume the design work closed. I’ve always found it interesting how polish seems to hinder conversation. When a sketch is too polished, too finished looking, the dialog seems to assume the design work closed.

]]> http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/12/12/the-complexities-of-style/#comment-7592 Jim Rait Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:54:16 +0000 http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/12/12/the-complexities-of-style/#comment-7592 Aesthetics vs. function! Looks too finished to be bottom-up; maybe a corporate dept could legislate this as the way forward This site http://www.senteco.com shows some great ways of bottom -up ways of capturing the knowledge of complex processes as they are built up by the participants who have to use them afterwards. It is the appearance of the diagrams (finished to unfinished) that invites or not people to particapate... use the building blocks to build pathways or delivering them as barriers! Aesthetics vs. function! Looks too finished to be bottom-up; maybe a corporate dept could legislate this as the way forward This site http://www.senteco.com shows some great ways of bottom -up ways of capturing the knowledge of complex processes as they are built up by the participants who have to use them afterwards. It is the appearance of the diagrams (finished to unfinished) that invites or not people to particapate… use the building blocks to build pathways or delivering them as barriers!

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