MEMO - Issue #154
Digital minimalist strategies
In product design, our guiding principle is to “give users what they want” — tailoring products and services to fulfill unmet needs and wants. Aside from the obvious benefits of all our shiny tech…
10 obvious lessons I learned on my path from a designer to product executive
So, at the risk of rehashing most of what you’ll read if you’re undertaking this transition, here are the 10 most obvious things that I can personally attest to having learned the hard way — by trying and failing.
Introducing Mercury OS
Nine months ago, I set out to invent a new way of interfacing with our devices, armed with only a single metaphor: Mercury. Although these versions of Mercury had little to do with interaction…
Can Data Be Human? The Work of Giorgia Lupi
Alexandra Lange writes about the information designer Giorgia Lupi, a partner at the graphic-design firm Pentagram and the co-author of the book “Dear Data.”
Six Years With a Distraction-Free iPhone
If your phone gets in the way of whoever and whatever is important to you, don’t accept the compromise. Take matters into your own hands and design the phone you want.