Lego product designer John Henry Harris shares fifteen design and innovation principles. Lots to like in here, including: “Build with your left hand, or with gardening gloves. That is how far the Lego designers will go to emulate what it is like to be 4 years old and trying to pick up and manipulate the […]

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Why the fundamental attribution error is dangerous and how we might apply it to product design.

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Designers hold two conflicting attitudes at the same time: optimism and dissatisfaction.

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The common refrain “We don’t know anything until we launch” is completely false. Here’s why.

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The twenty or so design principles that I use all the time.

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There are two things that every designed screen must do well: describe the current step and describe the next step. It’s as simple…and hard…as that.

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Design is not just how something looks…design is not just how something looks… …

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Three bits of evidence: designer-led companies are being invested in, designers are increasingly wanted as founders, and design firms are being bought for their talent.

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Finding what you love is like compound interest…it works for you over time.

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There are two parts to every project…the Process and the Point.

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