Hi 👋 In 2023 I want to experiment with some new varieties of Design Lobster. Alongside the regular bi-weekly posts I have a few longer essays in the works and hope to incorporate intermittent guest posts from other designers too. I also want to create space for a more personal kind of essay like the one that follows. I hope you like it.
I appreciate you drawing connections between architecture and digital product design as a starting point for this reflection. (I also have a background in architecture but practice in service/experience design.) Feels important to ground ourselves - to remember - that we are bodies in space, even though we are so much pulled into disembodied digital spaces.
Your words strike home. Corny, but usually true that, less is more. In my field of applied economics, trying to analyse and communicate numerical data has proved time and again to me that, one picture is worth a thousand words (more corn). A simple, well designed chart has immense value - words can often get in the way.
Doing less: a personal essay
I appreciate you drawing connections between architecture and digital product design as a starting point for this reflection. (I also have a background in architecture but practice in service/experience design.) Feels important to ground ourselves - to remember - that we are bodies in space, even though we are so much pulled into disembodied digital spaces.
Your words strike home. Corny, but usually true that, less is more. In my field of applied economics, trying to analyse and communicate numerical data has proved time and again to me that, one picture is worth a thousand words (more corn). A simple, well designed chart has immense value - words can often get in the way.