Design on the blog

Notes and notes on interaction design and user experience.

Lessons from Marcel Duchamp

15 Jun, 2012, by Sergio.

There are few artists who have revolutionised the world of Art as much as Marcel Duchamp. Even if you're not the least bit interested in Art, you probably know him from his famous Fountain (the popular “signed urinal”). But I wouldn't want to bore you with a post about the history of Art, which has always fascinated me [...].

Soft

6 May, 2012, by Sergio.

For many years now, whenever I have a stressful time, I have been repeating the same psalm to myself: “You are not a surgeon, you are not an architect, one mistake of yours does not mean the loss of human lives”. I qualified the psalm a long time ago, when I started to work on projects related to the [...]

Software as body language

23 Jan, 2012, by Sergio.

Software reveals the personality of the company: good design is no substitute for a dysfunctional culture.

Aesthetics and hygiene

31 Dec, 2011, by Sergio.

The painting teacher was making his usual morning round of the studio when he stopped in front of the work area of a second-year student. After making a general observation of the space, he said haughtily: «Change the water, it's dirty. The water for cleaning the brushes must always be clean». [...]

Notification of updates in Chrome

19 Dec, 2011, by Sergio.

Chrome is a browser full of design subtleties, some of which are so minute and ephemeral that it's hard to even be aware of them. One of them is the change of colour in the update notification icon. If you're the type of person who restarts your computer and programs from time to time, once every [...]

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