Good design in ten commandments

How to measure good design?
"As good design cannot be measured in a finite way Dieter Rams set about expressing the ten most important criteria for what he considered was good design. Subsequently they have become known as the ‘Ten commandments’. Here they are:"

- Good design is innovative;
- Good design makes a product useful;
- Good design is aesthetic;
- Good design helps a product to be understood;
- Good design is unobtrusive;
- Good design is honest;
- Good design is durable;
- Good design is thorough to the last detail;
- Good design is concerned with the environment;
- Good design is as little design as possible.

(published in Vitsoe)

Ettore Sottsass: When I Was a Very Small Boy

"Everything we did was entirely absorbed in the act of doing it, in wanting to do it, and everything we did stayed ultimately inside a single extraordinary sphere of life. The design was life itself, it was the day from dawn till dusk, it was the waiting during the night..."

"When I was a Very Small Boy" ("Quando ero Piccolissimo") was written in 1973 by Ettore Sottsass and published in Terrazzo, Number 5, Fall 1990. Perhaps best known for designing Olivetti's iconic red plastic typewriter, Ettore Sottsass was born in Innsbruck, Austria, and grew up in Milan. An Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century, he was a leading member of the Memphis Group, which revolutionized product design in the 1980s.

(article published in Design Observer)

Info types - classification

Isn't this lovely? This infographics are part of the graduation project of the graphic designer Uriá Fassina. "All made for a better understanding of theory and history." Found it at first on vi.sualize.us.

Globo Logos

Globo Logos from Julien Vallée on Vimeo.

"This video was created for the Earth Day. A ode to the work of Jacques Languirand. The video will take part of the Globo Logos event that will take place in differents festivals all around the world."

Mr. Andre

Pretty cool website of Mr. Andre. His daddy-long legged pink stick man is now dancing in the video “Somebody Somewhere”by Cazals.
(via Super Touch)

Confetti by Felicia Nitzsche

One of the wonderful works of Felicia Nitzsche.
(via i heart photograph)

Por um fio / By a thread

Poster created for the short film "Por um fio" presented at the 2007 edition of the Black & White Audiovisual Festival, Oporto - Portugal.
Graphic design by Pedro Sousa and typography by Dino dos Santos.
(via Typography Served)

ID cards by Emma Smart

"Design for the proposed identity cards to make them more desirable to the general public.
The cards allow you to draw and express your thoughts and feelings on the card and
then wipe it clean to start again."
Wonderful idea by Emma Smart, her portfolio is a keeper!

Branch chandelier by David Wiseman

A series of bronze and porcelain pieces by artist/designer David Wiseman.

(via dezeen)

Patterns made with food

Very creative idea by Raquel Quevedo

Follow the white rabbits and you'll find our office

By Sissi Edholm and Lisa Ullenius - two graphic designers based in Stockholm, Sweden. Their portfolio is definitely at the top of my favourites

Digital Mash

Rob Morris website, an australian webdesigner
(via abduzeedo)

Everyday Objects

Objects taken from daily life, such as toilet paper rolls, pizza boxes, flags and others transformed in artworks by Yuken Teruya
(via design you trust)

Jorg & Olif

Website designed by Josiane Marquis for the the dutch citybike company Jorg&Olif.

Refreshing experiments

"Do it without thinking of critics" by Julien Vallée


"Three dimensional type experiments" by Karina Petersen

3D typeface

by Karina Petersen

Cork links by Brian Kelly

Great work Brian! Love it!

Seven Days by Cristiana Couceiro

Vintage photographs and illustrations with modernist graphics and typography in Cristiana Couceiro’s work on Seven Days.

Growing Jewelry by Hafsteinn Juliusson

(via generate pipeline)

What about having a garden in your fingers? Love it! See more...