Chris Johanesen
This is my tumble log. I do web stuff for BuzzFeed. My home page is here. Thanks for stopping by.
April 14, 2009
April 10, 2009
Play This Awesome Unicorn Flash Game!!!
It is so awesome! You probably won’t be disappointed!!!
11 months ago
March 4, 2009
The Cult of Done Manifesto
“Laugh at perfection. It’s boring and keeps you from being done.” Yes.
1 year ago
February 19, 2009
60 Ears
Oooh, I’m so close to ordering this.
1 year ago
“ Beauty is not necessarily a matter of form or style, but the result of order achieved.
Will Burtin ( via)
1 year ago
February 18, 2009
February 16, 2009
February 11, 2009
Is Good Design Replicable?
Joshua Porter asks “Is there a process that guarantees good design?” My response:
I think a lot of this type of discourse depends on the assumption that designs are finite, stand-alone products. If a designer works in a continuous and holistic manor, constantly refining and improving the product, it becomes much harder to count successes and failures.
I think that Apple sees not just each product as an evolving design with iterations, but rather their whole strategy for a particular problem is the product. For instance, you can look at iTunes, the iTunes Music Store, and each type of iPod as separate products, or you can look at Apple’s overall strategy (to profit from improving the user experience of finding and listening to music) as a product.
I believe Apple’s success is founded less on process and more on the fact that they take a holistic and iterative approach to “product” design that integrates everything and everyone involved from design to engineering to manufacturing to business strategy.1 year ago
February 9, 2009
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
My co-worker’s new album is out and it’s awesome!
1 year ago
February 5, 2009
Logic and Emotion
Information Architects vs. Experience Designers from Christopher Fahey
1 year ago
February 1, 2009
Wow. Infographics is all the rage these days, but it’s not so often you see designs as beautiful (and function) as this. Via Infographics News (where’s there’s more.)
1 year ago
December 31, 2008
November 4, 2008
