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1/n I like well designed things. A lot of people say they like well designed things. But what does it mean for something to be well designed? I think about this a lot - I think 9 times out of 10, I just know. Well designed objects are thoughtful, I'm using it, and I feel like the person who made this thought about this idea a lot. They thought about this idea a lot and picked out something that they thought would be the best out of the many options. Also many of them have some sort of thesis, some sort of stance about the world. They are a statement in some way, about how things should be, or how things will be, and what you identify with, and you identify with that too, and that's why you feel affinity for it perhaps I love well designed things that have really throughly been could have only been made by that person, or the designer, or a certain style. It's sort of the personal part that is the most exciting to me. Yeah, but there's more...
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Was trying to explain design to somebody who hadn't been exposed to the larger idea of design and what constantly came to mind was "a thing that is congruent with it's purpose". I think congruence itself has a massive underlying role (in many places) but in design especially. Does it behave in a way that you'd expect? In a way that's congruent with it's setting and purpose? I'm definitely not an excellent designer, but it was helpful to spend time with good ones to understand that it's not just about 'looks'. Before I learned that I was being extremely reductionist in how I viewed design.
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