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Read this korrent: Even a poor sixteen-colour palette earns its keep, because colour is what lets someone tell things apart at a glance.
Even a poor sixteen-colour palette earns its keep, because colour is what lets someone tell things apart at a glance.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
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Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An icon should carry one or two salient details and nothing else. — tap to centre the map on it
An icon should carry one or two salient details and nothing else.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
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Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company deserves everyone in it, the chief executive included, to spend as much time as possible in their zone of genius — which is an org design problem. — tap to centre the map on it
A company deserves everyone in it, the chief executive included, to spend as much time as possible in their zone of genius — which is an org design problem.
Last stated a year ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A computer meant for anyone has to be understandable without a manual, and it has to be friendly. — tap to centre the map on it
A computer meant for anyone has to be understandable without a manual, and it has to be friendly.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
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Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After a decade of Swiss minimalism, design is about to swing back to something far more expressive. — tap to centre the map on it
After a decade of Swiss minimalism, design is about to swing back to something far more expressive.
Last stated 11 months ago
16 Oct 2025
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Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Better design does not mean more design: the most obvious designs are often invisible. — tap to centre the map on it
Better design does not mean more design: the most obvious designs are often invisible.
Last stated 3 years ago
16 Nov 2023
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2023-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Detail a symbol could technically carry still costs you, because it distracts from the instant recognition the symbol exists for. — tap to centre the map on it
Detail a symbol could technically carry still costs you, because it distracts from the instant recognition the symbol exists for.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
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Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Designers will do well out of AI rather than badly, because taste is the hardest part of their job to imagine being automated away. — tap to centre the map on it
Designers will do well out of AI rather than badly, because taste is the hardest part of their job to imagine being automated away.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Jul 2026
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Adam Mosseri — holds since 2026-07-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Do not judge a product's beauty by its aesthetics; judge it by how it made you feel. — tap to centre the map on it
Do not judge a product's beauty by its aesthetics; judge it by how it made you feel.
Last stated 3 years ago
16 Nov 2023
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2023-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Founders, designers and developers need to develop their taste the way a sushi chef develops a palate, and appreciating culture is how. — tap to centre the map on it
Founders, designers and developers need to develop their taste the way a sushi chef develops a palate, and appreciating culture is how.
Last stated 14 years ago
2 Sept 2012
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Karri Saarinen — holds since 2012-09-02 — tap for who they are
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