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Design Is More Than Making Things Pretty
Following on the heels of some heated discussions around the office on usability and design, I found a great post by Jeff Croft, talking about what web design is.
Controversy Over Ugly Design Continues
The uproar that I wrote about in the web design community over the “ugly” design theory that Scoble wrote about is still going strong, and two of the biggest names in the field have added their pleas for sanity. First of all, Jason Santa Maria chimes in: Design encompasses much more than you think. If you are [...]
Scoble is missing the point
Robert Scoble threw the web community into an uproar with his recent post about “ugly” design. His argument, basically, is that eBay, Amazon, and Craigslist are successful because of their ugly designs, because they’re focused on content delivery instead of design. As virtually everyone in the community has pointed out already, he’s missing the point – [...]
