As the level of exposure to the novel art increases with time, familiarity with these unconventional objects of art also increases and results in greater acceptance and popularity.
A Human Factors specialist at Lockheed Martin–Space Operations and NASA. Human-computer interaction expert.
Famously, the initial resistance by many people to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was primarily caused by a lack of familiarity with its minimalist, abstract design.
Similar resistance was experienced by Pablo Picasso with his Cubist works, Gustave Eiffel with the Eiffel Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright with the Guggenheim Museum, and many others whose works are today widely accepted as brilliant and beautiful.
Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell & Kritina Holden
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Loading...Engineers and designers simultaneously know too much and too little. They know too much about the technology and too little about how other people live their live and do their activities.
An American researcher, professor, and author (The Design of Everyday Things). As Apple’s User Experience Architect (90's), he became the first person to have UX in his job title.
Beauty comes from conscious reflection and experience. It is influenced by knowledge, learning, and culture. Objects that are unattractive on the surface can give pleasure. Discordant music, for example, can be beautiful. Ugly art can be beautiful.
An American researcher, professor, and author (The Design of Everyday Things). As Apple’s User Experience Architect (90's), he became the first person to have UX in his job title.
One way or another, we’re all conspicuous consumers. We use purchases to flaunt our wealth. We buy things not so much for purely personal enjoyment as for showing off or keeping up with the Joneses.
An professor of economics and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University.
For new products and services to stand a chance, they can’t just be better, they must be nine times better.
Author of books on technology, psychology and business whose writings appear in the Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today.