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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under government government Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Treating a city as an architectural problem to be ordered like art substitutes art for life Treating a city as an architecturalproblem to be ordered like art substitutesart for life JJ Jane Jacobs — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city cannot be a work of art — tap to centre the map on it A city cannot be a work of art JJ Jane Jacobs — holds since c. 1961 — tap for who they are Same subject: The city comes before the individual, and one who needs no society is a beast or a god — tap to centre the map on it The city comes before theindividual, and one who needs nosociety is a beast or a god AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Wanting to bring a building or a town to life is a fundamental human instinct — tap to centre the map on it Wanting to bring a building or atown to life is a fundamental humaninstinct CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: Art should never try to be popular; the public should become artistic — tap to centre the map on it Art should never try to be popular;the public should become artistic OW Oscar Wilde — holds since c. 1891 — tap for who they are Same subject: Art's task is to make brotherhood and love of neighbour everyone's customary feeling — tap to centre the map on it Art's task is to make brotherhoodand love of neighbour everyone'scustomary feeling LT Leo Tolstoy — holds since c. 1897–1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Relieving the poor aggravates poverty; society should be rebuilt so poverty is impossible — tap to centre the map on it Relieving the poor aggravatespoverty; society should be rebuiltso poverty is impossible OW Oscar Wilde — holds since c. 1891 — tap for who they are Same subject: Once material wants are satisfied, artistic needs come forward — tap to centre the map on it Once material wants are satisfied,artistic needs come forward PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — 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: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically. — tap to centre the map on it A design has to be kept simple forreliability and intellectualcontrol, but nobody yet knows how toreach simplicity systematically. Last stated 28 years ago 1 Mar 1999 ED Edsger W. Dijkstra — holds since 1999-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A product's craft probably comes down to whether it works without pain and how it makes people feel. — tap to centre the map on it A product's craft probably comesdown to whether it works withoutpain and how it makes people feel. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 RS Robby Stein — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A shadow in an interface implies a light source, so an elevated element needs a highlight where the light falls, not just a drop shadow. — tap to centre the map on it A shadow in an interface implies alight source, so an elevated elementneeds a highlight where the lightfalls, not just a drop shadow. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Feb 2025 TC Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A subwoofer for music should reinforce the bass already in the recording, without adding bloat or artificial bass. — tap to centre the map on it A subwoofer for music shouldreinforce the bass already in therecording, without adding bloat orartificial bass. Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Oct 2026 SH Steve Huff — holds since 2026-10-19 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Treating a city as an architectural problem to be ordered like art substitutes art for life Last stated c. 1961 Holds Jane Jacobs Read this korrent →