i like these rules, i will adopt them for my future lectures

Dieter Rams’s 10 principles of design

1. good design is innovative

The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself

2. good design makes a product useful

A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasises the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

3. Good design is aesthetic

The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.

4. Good design makes a product understandable

It clarifies the product’s structure. Better still, it can make the product talk. At best, it is self-explanatory.

5. Good design is unobtrusive

Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user’s self-expression.

6. Good design is honest

It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.

7. Good design is long-lasting

It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years – even in today’s throwaway society.

8. Good design is thorough down to the last detail

Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the user.

9. Good design is environmentally-friendly

Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimises physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.

10. Good design is as little design as possible

Less, but better – because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials.

 

reference: https://www.vitsoe.com/gb

my next phone will be a samsung

Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cents Coins

More than 30 trucks filled with 5-cent coins arrived at Apple’s headquarters in California. Initially,  the security company that protects the facility said the trucks were in the wrong place, but minutes later, Tim Cook (Apple CEO) received a call from Samsung CEO explaining that  they will pay $1 billion dollars for the fine recently ruled against the South Korean company in this way.

the funny part is that the signed document does not specify a single payment method, so Samsung is entitled to send the creators of the iPhone their billion dollars in the way they deem best.

This dirty but genius geek troll play is a new headache to Apple executives as they will need to put in long hours counting all that money, to check if it is all there and to try to deposit it crossing fingers to hope a bank will accept all the coins.

Lee Kun-hee, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, told the media that his company is not going to be intimidated by a group of “geeks with style” and that if they want to play dirty, they also know how to do it.

” You can use your coins to buy refreshments at the little machine for life or melt the coins to make computers, that’s not my problem, I already paid them and fulfilled the law.

A total of 20 billion coins, delivery hope to finish this week. ”

original post here 

LE: it doesn’t matter if this story is true or not, the idea made my day and who ever came up with it deserves compliments because i kept laughing for some time as the images were forming in my mind. if it’s true, that’s hilarious. if it’s not, i still will buy a samsung because … flash aplications (and no iTunes)

the origin of the fake news is this, a website specialized in deforming reality, that was later taken by 9gag and generated a lot of memes from there, congratulations on become a hit! 

i have to thank Amy Kemp for pointing me in the right direction, that being an article from the guardian

about colors … or ?

timeline

because i love SF

because i am an architect

star wars dressman

this is so cool i could not resist to not re-blog it

here is the source

new AUTOCAD shortcuts for architects

i found a very cool blog: http://www.coffeewithanarchitect.com/

(the similarity in the name should raise questions about architect’s caffeine addiction? )

source:  http://www.coffeewithanarchitect.com/2011/08/28/ctrlangstdel/

35 reasons not to date a designer (architects included)

Now I understand why !

(in bold my absolute favorite … and TRUE)

1. They are very weird people.

2. There are billions of them in the world, like the colors on the screen of your computer.

3. They drink and eat all kinds of weird shit just because they like the packaging.

4. You wake up in the middle of the night hearing them screaming “When is the deadline?”

5. They see CMYK and RGB like Neo sees the Matrix.

6. They dream of the day nobody will make a single change to their designs.

7. They rather pay for a font than for a special birthday gift.

8. They are always sleepy because they work 24/7.

9. You will spend the day assembling furniture from IKEA.

10. They can’t change a light bulb without making a sketch.

11. They fuck up all the tables with their cutters.

12. They rather study the paisley pattern on your outfit than listen to what you have to say.

13. They will fill your house with magazines and whatever is out there that has drawings.

14. They make collages with your photos.

15. They take pictures almost daily and all are cut in weird shapes.

16. They hate Comic Sans with the same passion they love Helvetica.

17. They use iPhone for everything, because everyone has one.

18. You can not decorate the house without consulting them.

19. They steal street signs.

20. Always carry their hands painted with something.

21. Everything becomes something other than what it really is: cards as tickets, cards as …

22. They hate Excel.

23. They read comics.

24. They want to save the world only with a poster.

25. On vacation they will take you to countries that you do not know exist and have no beach.

26. Museums are their second home.

27. They can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.

28. They listen to music you have never heard of.

29. They can´t  cook a normal dish, they always have to experiment with new ingredients.

30. They have owned iPods before you knew they existed.

31. They read rare books: stories of children, Semiotics …

32. When you are going to tell them something, everyone has read it in their facebook and twitter.

33. The orgasm they remember is when they heard that Adobe was acquiring Macromedia.

34. They want to spend all the money in the Apple Store.

35. You will never understand their gifts.

cercetare stiintifica

Iepurasul isi facea lucrarea de licenta.
Curioasa, vulpea, trecand prin zona, il intreaba:
– Ce faci iepurasule, despre ce scrii tu acolo ?…
– Am inceput lucrarea de cercetare despre cum este mancata vulpea de catre iepuras…
– Ha, ha, ha… pai cum o sa manace un amarat de iepuras o vulpe, poate invers….
– Cercetare stiinfica vulpeo, daca nu ma crezi te astept diseara la vizuina…
Dimineata, padurea uimita de mirare…. In fata vizuinei, pielea vulpii era intinsa la uscat….

Curios lupul, apare si el la iepuras si il intreaba:
– Despre ce scrii tu acolo, iepurasule?
– Sunt la cercetarea propriu-zisa din lucrarea de licenta, studiez cum e mancat lupul de catre iepuras…
– Ha, ha, ha… cum o sa manance un amarat ca tine un lup mare si tare ca mine?
– Asta e cercetare stiintifica serioasa, daca nu crezi ne vedem diseara la vizuina…
Dimineata, stupoare mare in toata padurea… Pielea lupului era intinsa la uscat langa cea a vulpii…

Nemairezistand, ursul o apuca si el spre iepuras si il intreaba:
– Despre ce mai scrii tu acolo, iepurasule?
– Sunt deja la concluziile cercetarii in care  demonstrez cum e mancat ursul de catre iepuras…
– Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho… ce tot spui, pricajitule… Cum  sa manance un mititel ca tine un urs mare ca mine?
– Nu crezi? Aceasta este o cercetare stiintifica, nu e o gluma, vino diseara la vizuina si ai sa te convingi…
In dimineata urmatoare toata padurea era socata… Pielea ursului era intinsa la uscat langa cea a lupului si cea a vulpii…
Dupa cateva ore, cand lighioanele padurii se  raspandisera care incotro, razand, iepurasul iesi din vizuina de gat cu leul care ii spuse:
– Ai vazut, iepurasule? Ce iti spuneam eu?
Nu tema conteaza, ci Coordonatorul……