Allison Shaw

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Allison Shaw

Let’s call a spade a spade here and reframe the role of the designer — design isn’t simply making things look pretty, design is about creating a vision for tomorrow. And it’s difficult — if not impossible — to dream, create and ship amazing new products when the foundation of the company isn’t set up to solve really complex problems, deal with uncertainty, and align on a definition of what “good” looks like.

What every designer working in a startup needs to know by Elle Luna

Preach it, sister.

(via Tom Harman)

Scrit Scrit was conceived one year ago, today.

I’ve been using Timehop for a while now; it’s a daily email that reminds you what you posted to your connected networks on the same day last year. It’s a nice way to remember what was important or funny, and I’ve been re-watching my thesis from SVA unfold over the last few weeks. It’s nostalgic for sure, but not sappy.

Anyways, on this day last year, I had a burst of inspiration and asked:

What if handwriting is all you need to personalize something?

I’m dreading reading back over my doubt and fear (my how I’ve grown), but I’m excited to watch Scrit Scrit take form.

So few people seem to realize that everything’s designed. And until we get some good people telling the story, that’s probably going to continue to be the case. So I’d love it if there was a consciousness in the public mind that mathematics and reading and writing is not enough — you also need to learn how to do design. Because everything is designed, and the way our world exists around us depends on how well it’s designed.

Bill Moggridge R.I.P.

(via Brain Pickings)