Jul 23, 2008
It’s not Design, it’s Decoration
Just because someone has applied color to a web page doesn’t mean that it has been designed. A design is a result of a cognitive process – it solves a function.
So what is design, what is the difference?
Garr Reynolds frames it excellently in his new book PresentationZen, Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
(Unfortunately lacking all the wonderful insights you find on his blog presentationzen.com)
- “Not decorated, but wonderfully designed.” – Garr Reynolds, PresentationZen
Decoration:
The Bauhaus got it right almost 100 years ago.
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