Details are the design
Written by on January 4th, 2007 in Ajax News.
Someone sent me this quote yesterday:
“The details are not the details. They make the design.”
-Charles Eames
I think that’s a great way of putting it. It’s also one of the reasons I like the Patterns series by R.BIRD. In many ways it’s all about the details.
For example, take their latest report, Crunch, where they take a look crunchy things like cereal, crackers, chips, candy bars, etc.
They look at things like packaging texture, windows that reveal the product, illustration, colors, typography, mascots, and more. It’s a dissection of the details that make the design.
Other recent reports include energy drinks, children’s cold medicine, and women’s razors. Good stuff.
Source: Signal vs. Noise
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