All tagged Design Principles
A well-designed card game successfully balances three core elements: progression, randomness, and strategy. This article explores how the interplay and harmony between these fundamental design attributes—which define card games today—can teach us valuable lessons about engineering product development and the continuous process of refinement and trade-offs.
I immediately realized that decomposition could be translated into other aspects of life. It became an essential part of how I view and approach any problem.
As we sit on the shore of the Amazon River, watching the sun go down, we reflect on the time we have spent in Brazil and the things we learned. We learned about culture, the kindness of the people, the toll that 36 straight hours of travel takes on your body, and the dolphins that inhabit the river. One of the most important lessons we learned was that everyone can teach you something about design, and the importance of humility as a designer.
Ever think about design while brushing your teeth? There is a lesson or two, during the minute or two, we use a tool in our mouth daily.
Metaphors, similes, parallels, allegories, symbols, and, of course, analogies are some of the tools designers, engineers, and scientists often use to communicate, discover, and develop their trade. Johannes Kepler was one of the foremost scientists to apply analogies to discover the design of our solar system. We should follow his example in our efforts.
Never heard of the data-to-not-data ratio in figures? It’s a good thing to know and consider. This is one article in a series of techniques and practices for designing good figures and visualizations.
Designing during a pandemic with time pressures can be a little different than traditional design. Read 8 lessons Andrew Armstrong learned while designing a ventilator for COVID-19 patients.
The right scale can make all the difference in the world when it comes to appropriate data figures. This is one article in a series of techniques and practices for designing good figures and visualizations.
Designing for the ordinary might sound boring but it may be just as important as designing for the extraordinary.
Everyone needs a mentor and maybe more than one. One of your mentors might be called Mary, Bob, or Jim. But at least one of your mentors should be called “Failure.”
There is a common phrase among design engineers: Design for X. And although you might not be involved in such a high-stakes design activity as Star Wars, yet, you can still embrace some of the principles it took to bring this universe to life.
