The reemergence of style in software(future.a16z.com) |
The reemergence of style in software(future.a16z.com) |
I think SJ had it better.
Steve Jobs: “Design is How it Works”
From The Guts of a New Machine, the 2003 New York Times article that profiled Apple just as the iPod was becoming recognized as a cultural phenomenon:
”Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like,” says Steve Jobs, Apple’s C.E.O. ”People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
I think we often have it the wrong way around, nowadays. The project outline may specify to use Twitter bootstrap or Google material design (are those still a thing? It's been a while since I've done client work) but the important design, like UI flow etc is often left the implementor.
Then you end up with a crappy app that looks nice on screenshots, and people wonder why nobody lkkes it.