Re:Flat UI, mirrored
by bluekeybox on Friday March 08, 2013 @12:14PM
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> Good Design will and always strives to be universal
Good Design doesn't sell. Great Design does. Great design will achieve exclusivity by iteratively attempting (and failing) to become universal.
> It's funny that the recent Flat-design trend was triggered by Microsoft's Metro UI, which is inspired by Modern Cities' signage
Which was probably inspired by Mondrian's experiments in exclusivity.
What would you say about a typeface like Helvetica? I'd say its greatness largely is derived from universality, not exclusivity.
Re:Flat UI, mirrored
by bluekeybox on Friday March 08, 2013 @03:06PM
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It's always a combination of universality and exclusivity. The latter creates a "gradient" which causes a particular design to spread. Watch the documentary "Helvetica". At it's peak in the 1960s, Helvetica had high-end "international" aura and small brands everywhere were scrambling to redesign their signage to what they perceived was a new customer-friendly yet high-end image (probably best visualized as a smiling and good-looking Swiss airline flight attendant with a noticeable accent).
Good Design will and always strives to be universal. It's funny that the recent Flat-design trend was triggered by Microsoft's Metro UI, which is inspired by Modern Cities' signage (universal design).
Also, isn't the point of icons to be iconic? How can one seek exclusivity over an icon, the Settings Cog, which is almost universally used.
LayerVault and the people behind it jumped at this for cheap publicity and to assert themselves over a new and upcoming design firm.