The online home and (not so) alter(ed)-ego of Ann McMeekin Carrier. New Mum, Photographer, Knitter, Petrolhead, Shoe and Stationery Obsessive and User Experience Consultant at Lab49.
As a photographer, I’ve got used to hearing that “the best camera is the one you have with you” and up to a point, I agree. For most things, capturing the moment is what’s important, and the quality or fidelity of the resulting shot is secondary. Similarly, as a UX professional, I can sketch with [...]
Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended.
- Raymond Loewy
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Le Corbusier thought sofas and armchairs were a terrible thing — the softer and cuddlier, the worse. “What [modern man] wants is a monk’s cell, well lit and heated, with a corner from which he can look at the stars,” he wrote. He designed what he called “machines for living,” buildings that served all of [...]
It seems I’m feeling very visual at the moment. So you need a typeface? Fabulous. Worth viewing full-size. Via Inspiration Lab Abstract Comic and Appreciation I’ve been in love with sketchnotes for ages, but I think the concept of creating abstract art based on talks is really interesting (though potentially less obviously useful). The bare [...]
When you’re forced to be simple, you’re forced to face the real problem. When you can’t deliver ornament, you have to deliver substance.
Paul Graham, Taste for Makers