Comments on: What Design Means To Me

By: trevor

trevor — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:24:44 +0000

two words… original & simple.

Original and simple are the only 2 i would describe it as for reasons as follows:

So many people think “design” is a uber-graphical clutter of ‘cool shapes’ and just confuse the shit out of people. It may be a nice desktop but design, pffffft. (target audience pending of course!)

Simple leads to useability (usually), flexibility, and always keeps the audience calm and not overwhlemed with garbage. (target audience pending of course). Also, people love columns (faux?, perhaps) or some sort of “letter” typography. Keeps them feeling ‘securely strapped in for some information?’ I cant explain that, but i’ve always noticed people love the fact that there is a side column on either side and what they’re reading is actually in some square format that isnt too wide that it seems like you’re about to walk through a desert without any water.

By: Chopper

Chopper — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:27:01 +0000

For me, Design is Art’s nerdy brother.

By: Cicloid

Cicloid — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:25:38 +0000

Tell me, i cant make a proper design for my “main site” but for other stuff it justs flows…

Making that someway frustrating…

By: Prabhath

Prabhath — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:07:02 +0000

Bullshit.

By: Ryan Latham

Ryan Latham — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:12:43 +0000

About 6 figures a year…for someone else other than myself.

Design is to me is no more than what it is; a way for the user to interface with something. A microwave was designed for a user to interface with it, a car, a bottle.

Design is finding the ultimate balance between form and functionality. Because unlike form which can exist by itself, functionality cannot exist without form.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:29:21 +0000

A way of showcasing content.

By: Sunil Shenoy

Sunil Shenoy — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:26:03 +0000

Design to me means expressing what u have in mind to screen…in a very colourful manner.

Sunil

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:03:16 +0000

Ok. Sorry everybody (Kyle) that I apparently led you astray.

Good design is responsive

Given that, I look forward to having you read and respond to my emails, Scrivs.

; )

By: Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:29:08 +0000

For me, design is facilitation of the message. In my opinion, content is your branding, so design for design’s sake is a mute point without something to say. That’s why I feel that we as designers serve a two-fold role: 1. Facilitating the message of the client, and 2. Quality control – keeping people off the internet that have nothing valuable to say. :)

By: Scrivs

Scrivs — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:22:48 +0000

Well for future reference wouldn’t it make sense to email me instead of commenting on something nobody knows what the hell you are talking about? Just a wild guess ;-)

And you can never have too big!