Design

Meetup: Design + Mobile in Dallas

By Anne Lawrence
Published: Aug 27 2013

The Dallas iPhone Developers & Entrepreneurs met Thursday night, August 22, 6-9 p.m. for “Design + Mobile.” A panel of designers from [x]cube LABS presented 10 Principles of Design, as applied to mobile, based on designer Dieter Rams’ iconic list, including Billy Zinser, Director: Strategy + Design, Samuel Solomon, Senior Interactive Designer, and Louie Solomon, Interactive Designer. You can check out the slide show here.

10 Principles for Good Design for Mobile from [x]cube LABS

What are Rams’ 10 Principles?

Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
Good design is as little design as possible.

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The question of the night was how to adapt these design principles to mobile. How could principles intended for industrial design be applied to touch screens the size of a playing card? How can the designer shape the user experience? As a follow up to the discussion, attended by both developers and designers, we started a reading list of recommended resources, see below. What else would you add? DESIGN BOOKS FOR DEVELOPERS

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