This is design culture? – image by Dan Saffer

About the icons for Office:mac 2011

The Office:mac 2011 icons came out of 30 concept designs from Frog’s offices. Frog of course, designed some of the earliest Mac computers back in the 80s

The philosophy behind the twisty ribbon look fits the software suite perfectly and among the top three designs, I think they made the right choice.

Design at Apple

…design at Apple is at the highest level of the organization, led by Steve personally. Design at other companies is not there. It is buried down in the bureaucracy somewhere… In bureaucracies many people have the authority to say no, not the authority to say yes

John Sculley, interviewed by Leander Kahney for Cult of Mac. It’s a compelling read for those who want to delve into how Apple operates from the beginning. There’s a lot of gem to be found in that interview, from his thoughts about Steve Jobs, Apple back then, Apple now, advertising, design, mistakes he made during his time as Apple CEO, and many other things.

Must read.

Design at Apple

Did Gap fail or succeed?

If the intention if to grab headlines and mentions all around the web, whatever amount Gap has put out for the new logo is probably worth it even as it got canceled and Gap went back to its previous logo.

It’s all over the internet and around the world. The new logo is damn ugly and cheap, but it grabbed headlines. Regardless of the sentiments, people are talking about Gap.

Did Gap fail or succeed?

Designing iOS app icon

Brilliant.

We we should teach design early

“Design education typically begins at the college level, but if we wait until then to teach design thinking we are missing critical points in the growth of young minds, whose ability to think creatively is boundless. Teaching high school students to think like designers would help shape the way they look at the world around them and positively affect their future endeavors”

Rob Stokes /via @javajive

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