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I love pretty graphics just as much as the next designer, but I do think we’ve reached a level of madness in our industry. By definition, info-graphics should convey information in a way that makes it easy to understand said information.

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Please stop the madness. The purpose of a chart is to illuminate; if it’s harder to read than a raw-data table or a paragraph of text saying the same, then don’t use a chart. And if your goal is simply to create a pretty graphic, then don’t try beefing up your science cred with this “information” stuff.

Neven Mrgan, On Info-graphics

06/05/10

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Happiness

Can your job make you happy?

06/01/10

The following are a couple thoughts on happiness and satisfaction in your job as a designer from Frank Chimero (@fchimero) and a brief exchange regarding those thoughts with Neven Mrgan (@nevenmrgan) that I grabbed off Twitter one day.

I don’t know either of these guys, but respect them (and their work) greatly. I also thought this exchange was excellent and worth repeating here.

As a geek we like features and power. Do not underestimate the general public’s disdain for all of our beloved “pointless preferences”.

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And then I realize: you can’t resize it.

And a bright light did shine upon my liberated face and a voice did whisper a thunder: You’re free. Free of pointless preferences and finger-baiting adjustments.

Neven Mrgan, Free

01/28/10

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Yeah, something is getting introduced tomorrow, but whatever it is, I loved this synopsis of how/why Apple values hardware design by Mrgan. I think he’s right-on.

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Apple loves hardware, but only insofar as it lets them develop awesome software which then does what they want it to do. Rest assured that they read this sequence the right way: from human need to idealized solution to actual implementation.