[Design] LaBarre on Rams via Kottke - Ten new principles for good design

[Chris Koerner]

Hey all,

Suzzane LaBarre, an editor at Fast Company, wrote an update to Dieter
Rams "Ten principles for good design". Personally I enjoyed this one
item Kottke (where I found this) highlights.

"Good design is slow. For the past 20 years, tech has embraced a “move
fast and break things” mantra. That was fine when software had a
relatively small impact on the world. But today, it shapes nearly
every aspect of our lives, from what we read to whom we date to how we
spend money-and it’s largely optimized to benefit corporations, not
users. The stakes have changed, the methods haven’t."

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the 'new' principles and how it
might apply to Wikimedia-related efforts.

https://kottke.org/18/01/ten-new-principles-for-good-design

Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation

[Jan Dittrich]

Hi,
thanks for the link!

Two things that come into my mind:

- Politics in Design: Great topic, and considering discussion of access and
representation a very relevant one for us. If you are interested drop me a
line. Als read the classic do artifacts have politics (
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50c0f505e4b0633592d3cf29/t/5791141220099e5024ef2bbb/1469125670864/winner+1980+do+artifacts+have+politics.pdf)
(yes, they do)

- Writing: I was often annoyed by the sentence structures in science (all
passive, long technical of- and is- chains) and a lot of what I read in the
Wikimedia universe is similarly hard to wrap my mind around.

Jan

Post by Chris Koerner
Hey all,
Suzzane LaBarre, an editor at Fast Company, wrote an update to Dieter
Rams "Ten principles for good design". Personally I enjoyed this one
item Kottke (where I found this) highlights.
"Good design is slow. For the past 20 years, tech has embraced a “move
fast and break things” mantra. That was fine when software had a
relatively small impact on the world. But today, it shapes nearly
every aspect of our lives, from what we read to whom we date to how we
spend money-and it’s largely optimized to benefit corporations, not
users. The stakes have changed, the methods haven’t."
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the 'new' principles and how it
might apply to Wikimedia-related efforts.
https://kottke.org/18/01/ten-new-principles-for-good-design
Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation
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[Claudia Müller-Birn]

Hi Jesse,

das hört sich interessant an. Ich habe es auch in die Literaturliste von UCD hinzugefügt.

Grüße,
Claudia

Post by Jan Dittrich
- Politics in Design: Great topic, and considering discussion of
access and representation a very relevant one for us. If you are
interested drop me a line. Als read the classic do artifacts have
politics (
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/50c0f505e4b0633592d3cf29/t/5791141220099e5024ef2bbb/1469125670864/winner+1980+do+artifacts+have+politics.pdf)
(yes, they do)

[Claudia Müller-Birn]

Dear all,

Sorry for the Spam. I am using a new email client and I am not familiar with all functions yet :)

Thanks for sharing the post and the article!

Best,
Claudia

Post by Claudia Müller-Birn
Hi Jesse,
das hört sich interessant an. Ich habe es auch in die Literaturliste von UCD hinzugefügt.
Grüße,
Claudia