10.31.2007

Hero's Story in Five Frames: Student Field Trip -- First Snow







Link to photos at Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sylviaitec

Link to Freemind Map of Hero's Story in Five Frames at
Freemind Share

10.15.2007

Some thoughts on everyday design

Why do we have gadgets gallore that always seem to be unavailable when needed? Why do we have them when we can improvise easy substitutes?

What about the "design" of our fruits and vegetables without seeds, larger sizes, artificial colors, etc.? Interestingly, apple slicers/corers are now often too small for the "designer" super-sized apples.





Some further (rather gloomy) thoughts:
Why are so many of our everyday things designed with built-in obsolescence? Why are there ever more common items designed to be thrown away rather than to be repaired?

Worse. . .
What about the design of terrifying things? Bombs, guns, WMDs?

Friedman - The World is Flat

Daniel H. Pink -- A Whole New Mind

Donald A. Norman -- Design Principles