Here is another example of the stylists aesthetic of complexity–as opposed to the designer’s philosophy of simplicity (check out Stylists != Designers).

This is a gorgeous diagram, filled with nuanced shadings, a subtle and tasteful color palette (I especially like the orange and green combination), captivating visual patterns, and seductive symetries. Its also an excersize […]

The Four Seasons’s hotel chain boasts a rather luxurious brand. So why have they started serving it up with a side of spam?
Several weeks ago I sent them an email asking if there was an ATM in thier Buenos Aires hotel. Not only did it take them several weeks to get back to […]

Designers and stylists are synonymous in popular conception–and in the minds of many stylists. The reality, however, is that they aren’t the same at all.
In a previous post I took a stab at visualizing a certain perspective on the cognitive capabilities that distinguish designers from stylists.
Then recently I read Developers are from […]

It feels like I’ve been fighting an uphill battle about what design really is and is not. Time for another round…
It pains me to read someone claim that people who can draw well are good designers. It pains me even more to read this nonsense repeated by one of my favourite blogs. […]

As Despair.com says, none of us are as dumb as all of us. The mathematics of group dynamics seems to agree. If I have half a brain, and you have half a brain, and George down the hall has half a brain, that comes to just over 1/10 of a whole brain (.5 […]

I’m sure this is frequently complained about elsewhere. So now its my turn. I am increasingly offended by blatent corporate blog astroturfing. IBM provides two great examples of bullshit in blog’s clothing.
The first is thier Next Level Blog 2006, a blog ostensibly about innovation. And the second is HealthNex. […]

I suppose there is an endless supply of people passing unsubstantiated personal opinion as established fact, especially online. Kathy Sierra’s recent post (see below) is but one example of this epidemic corrosion of knowledge. Kevin O’Keefe at Lexblog gives us another example. Of course he isn’t just some pusher of high-fructose-corn-feel-goodness—he’s a […]

Just because blog posting is technically effortless doesn’t mean it should be intellectually so. I’m not railing against fluffy posts about trivial matters—I love fluff and trivia. What I am railing against is the all to common practice of posting a thin pretense of insight that crumples under the lightest scrutiny—I’ve labeled these […]

Why on earth do all coffee mugs come equipped with that little (and sometimes not so little) puddle receptacle on the bottom? What purpose does it sever other than to collect enough water to make a mess on the floor every time I empty the dishwasher?
This is a part rhetorical, part serious questions, I […]

Le Corbusier called the house a machine for living. Apparently Frank Gehry believes a building to be a machine for proclaiming his self-indulgent ego and stylistic histrionics. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one with a deep bowel-felt revulsion for nearly every pointlessly melodramatic curved surface Gehry starchetects? Gah!
Just follow these […]