Friday Links: Design Edition
Friday Links: Design Edition
Here are the five most interesting links this week from the Postlight Design team’s chat logs. Thanks to Matt Quintanilla. Collated by Chloe Olewitz.
- “Critical: The design community’s rocky relationship with criticism”
Making the case for qualified critics is a tall order in the design field, where criticism and critique are not always distinguishable. This is an in-depth look at the components of quality design feedback, and what to look for when seeking out valuable critique that will actually help improve your work. (Via Darren Hoyt.) - “Charity: Water and BuzzFeed cook up tasty videos with a disgusting twist”
DigitasLBi created a series of videos that look just like BuzzFeed’s Tasty recipes, but all use contaminated water instead of clean water. The charity: water campaign is designed to encourage the fight against water pollution as part of the organization’s mission to make clean water accessible around the world. Leech lemonade? (Via Matt Quintanilla.) - “World’s “ugliest” Pantone color 448C is being used to deter smokers”
The Australian government is using packaging design as part of their initiative to make smoking less appealing. Alongside standardized fonts and frightening medical photos, their newest tool is Pantone 448C, a.k.a. opaque couché, a.k.a. the world’s ugliest color. Hopefully, all these unattractive design choices will deter smokers from picking up another pack. (Via Rich Ziade.) - “How technology hijacks people’s minds — From a magician and Google’s design ethicist”
Former Google Design Ethicist (and amateur magician) Tristan Harris examines the way technology tricks all of our brains, without us ever noticing. Human agency has been hijacked, but you can (and probably should) protect yourself from these tricks of the trade. “The ultimate freedom is a free mind.” (Via Matt Quintanilla.) - “The need for a new design ethics”
Still wondering why design needs ethics at all? In his talk at TEDxBrussels, Tristan Harris dives deeper into the ways technology can help us spend our time well, instead of limiting our choices and influencing us subliminally. “Never before in history have such a small number of designers had such a big impact on how a billion people around the world spend their time.” (Via skyler.)