Durable thinking, nav reworks, normative context
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- Rely on interface norms or design the heck out of it. Sounds good enough to me, although a lot of places tend to design things that don’t really need to be designed. How to be curative here?
- Well, gosh, there’s a lot to unpack here. I believe the fact of this is correct, but the spirit might be misplaced. Designers are correct to be value-based, of course, since their jobs & seats at the table depend on it. But really, value-based designers should be arguing for more durability & sustainability, and less short-term thinking. In short, design should create more structures that are able to endure. Whether that turns into a monoculture is, frankly, up to our imaginations. Related.
- The role of value-based design in a recently profitable quarter.
- What modal popover is the least bad?
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