Bits and bobs that catch my eye.
Eventually we’ll run out of abstractions, and this euphemism treadmill will creak to a halt. The only thing left then will be to judge designers by our work; by the things we bring into the world. Hallelujah.
— » 23 May 2012, baked by Cennydd Bowles @ The Pastry Box Project
Dougal Wilson on making music videos
it’s imperative that we embrace that cardboard spaceship designer in all of us to re-imagine childhood through new lenses
— 3 Ways To Design Toys That Boost Kids’ Creativity | Co.Design: business innovation design
Programming is a broadly applicable life skill. Even if you’re not in front of a computer, you can use programming skills for problem solving.
— Facebook Engineer Turns 5-Year-Olds Into Hackers | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
They’re people, Aronowitz explains, who already have a product mindset. They’re not people who only design icons or only produce wireframes. Instead, they tend to be people who’ve already built their own apps or digital services, end-to-end. They’ve been through the process of figuring out what resonates with customers and doubling-down on that, rather than just handling discrete parts of interfaces with little understanding of the bigger picture.
