Alex White - On overfilling pages with content - Quotesthetics

Society has not improved the landscape by overfilling it with construction. Neither does a designer improved a page by overfilling it with content.

Alex White

A cofounder of the MillerWhite School of Design and Chairman of the Type Directors Club.

Design & Arts

Design Principles
Space
White Space

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Surprise me!

The impression, and not just the first one, is largely formed at the entry point, physical or attentional, to a system or environment. People do judge books by their covers and Internet sites by their first pages.

William Lidwell

The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.

Design Principles
UX Design

Quotesthetics and Face-ism Ratio

Irrespective of gender, people rate individuals in high face-ism images as being more intelligent, dominant, and ambitious than individuals in low face-ism images.

William Lidwell

The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.

Design Principles
Perception
Psychology

Dieter Rams on Product Design

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

Dieter Rams

A German industrial designer closely associated with functionalist school of industrial design.

Design Principles
Industrial Design

The level of control provided by a system should be related to the proficiency and experience levels of the people using the system.

William Lidwell

The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.

Design Principles
UI Design