process
art
MoMA Lesson #2: Interface Design and the Path of Least Resistance
Audio-obsessed museum visitors prefer to listen to their audio guides rather than look at the art, revealing a lesson in interface design.
process
Walk a Mile in Their Knees
An “empathy suit” helps designers discover how well their creations work for aging customers. Are there clues here for software and web developers, too?
process
MoMA Lesson #1: Story-Driven Design
An architecture exhibit offers some useful usability lessons for web and software designers.
ew.com
Why Simple Is Complicated
Don Norman despairs that simple doesn’t sell, and the blogosphere reacts. What makes simplicity so difficult?
inspiration
Inspiration, Far from the Computer
When designer’s block strikes, hit up Mother Nature. You’ll be surprised what you might learn.
art
Design Inspired by Natural History
Color me morbid, but I’ve got this minor fascination with the visual trappings of 19th-century anatomical science.