Hidden By Design

Our brains really like that things are the way we believe that they should be! So, how do we determine how our brain believe that things should be? Give this episode a listen, as we discuss the ideas of constraints and convensions. I'm in favor of progress; it's change I don't like. - Mark Twain What are constraints and conventions, and how can we use them when doing design? Find out all of the ba...

How does the human brain work? (It doesent)  How do we remember things? (We dont) What is Automatic thinking and Reflective thinking?  "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true!" - Homer Simpson The the answer to all of these questions and much more will be discussed in this Episode of Hidden By Design. You can comment and find useful links, notes and...

Affordance, is a word that is thrown around a lot in Design. But what does it actually means, and how do you approach it as a designer? We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are! - Anaïs Nin? Babylonian Talmud? Immanuel Kant? G. T. W. Patrick? H. M. Tomlinson? Steven Covey? (We do not know who said this) This episode explains this really difficult topic of what affordances is, and h...

What is design? A question that have a lot of different opinions attached to it. Design, and the job of a Designer, often gets reduced to "Just make it look pretty" or "This is not intuitive". But what is design then, if it is not just about making things look great? Get the answer by listen to "Hidden by Design". In this very first episode will will discuss and set straight what Design really is....