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"Content first, essence, clarity, bla bla bla..."

There is such a thing as AESTHETICS that everyone of those rationally-thinking-wannabe designers forget about.

People do not wear the same gray robes and do not live in an apartment with bare concrete walls.

To feel comfortable a human needs some visual complexity, this is a part of aesthetics.

Too much complexity is bad taste, too little is lifeless and primitive.

Also, people tend to have different taste.

Actually, the worst thing for me about iOS 7 design was that unexpectedly I perceived it as made with bad taste. It could be flat, focused, minimal, stylish — that would be fine, such type of design is not for everyone, but would be fine with me.

But the worst thing happened — bad taste. The problem with the design is that it is offensively and illogically colorful, and geometrically disproportional. It is not stylish, and it is not minimal.

I am appalled. And what is with the trash can Mac Pro design. Does Johny Ive really have bad taste?




People do not wear the same gray robes and do not live in an apartment with bare concrete walls.

When I lived in the bay area I'd say 50% of my co workers lived in apartments with bare walls and wore the same outfit everyday.




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