On distinguishing between art and design…
“One of the big differences between art and design is that art is mostly about commentary — it’s making a statement that you’re expecting other people to contemplate and be moved by, emotionally, or altered by, in terms of their perceptions.”
“Whereas design is really about solving a problem that makes something more pragmatic, and useful, and valuable or valued, and of course you can add qualities of aesthetics to that, that make it also a delight. At the same time, if it fails on the functionality side, all is lost, whereas if it fails on the delight side, it might still fit into a lot of people’s lives in a satisfactory if not an exciting way.”
~ Bill Moggeridge
Source: mcwade.com
Published by Mike Houghton . . Nov 29, 2010 . Filed under: Miscellaneous
The Vignelli Canon
Published by Mike Houghton . . Oct 01, 2010 . Filed under: Miscellaneous
Yesterday I “automatically” upgraded the Refresh Tallahassee site from WordPress 2.9 to 3.0, and when I was finished, all that remained of the site was a fatal error message. Nice. After a little searching, I found out that the Event Calendar plug-in was the culprit. After removing this plug-in via FTP, everything now seems to be working fine. Now you know.
Published by Mike Houghton . . Jun 23, 2010 . Filed under: Miscellaneous
Source: Wired Blog Network
Published by Mike Houghton . . Feb 26, 2009 . Filed under: Miscellaneous
Hello all. New registration on the Refresh site has slowed significantly, but the spamming community seems to have found our registration page and is LOVING it. All that to say, I’ve disabled the registration page. If you would like to register as a user on this site, send me an email (mike [at] houghtoninteractive [dot] com), and I’ll get you set up.
Thanks!
~ Mike
Published by Mike Houghton . . Oct 06, 2008 . Filed under: Miscellaneous
