Things are different today than they were before. Worse? Not by a long shot. In my opinion, this pattern is reflected across society and those looking backward and looking backwards with nostalgia tinted glasses.
Like most Apple products, it’s a beauty to behold, but it’s not exactly notable for design flourishes; simply put, it’s good looking but not terribly exciting.
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Joshua Topolsky on the industrial design of the iPad Apple iPad. What Apple does well with its Industrial design, besides being shiny, is that the focus is taken off the machine so you can zero in on real meat and potatoes: what is on the screen. |
I don’t know whether to feel distressed that so much apparent effort is being invested in something that I think is a fundamentally ill-advised idea, or, on the other hand, to feel excited that, finally, print designers are going to have to face up to reality and learn how to design for real users.
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| — | Khoi Vinh in A Popular Misconception |
[The] future of journalism is definitely not a stack of banners spiced with videos, exported from a paper layout program. You need to try harder.
