In Defense of Boring Industrial Design
John Mauriello
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John Mauriello
Industrial Design Lead | Design and Content Strategist | Creative Director
Sometimes a very conservative "boring" design just makes sense.There's no excuse for lazy or mediocre work. But sometimes, a conservative and ubiquitous design is what is best for the user. This video talks about when ubiquitous design is appropriate and why it tends to happen in larger companies with mass-market products. As designers, it's important to keep our ego out of the project and create what is best for our customer. Check out the video below!
Retired Automotive Senior Designer
4 年Less is More? More can just be more visual noise
Interesting video. Many people possibly don’t want to make a strong statement to others with their vehicle. They actively seek a design that doesn’t stand out, quite often because they see a car as something to get them from A to B. Add reliability and a great warranty to the mix and you’ve got yourself a best-seller.
Industrial Designer
4 年It’s time to look at the current Camry! The measure of design on Wall Street is sales!
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4 年Please, NO!
Dipl. Gestalter HF Produktdesign / Industriedesign; Techniker Stahl- & Metallleichtbau
4 年That's a reasonable explanation why mediocre design can be very successful. I think that a big part of people in industrialized countries simply doesn't feel good design as much as other individuals do. Some don't care about the ideal design to handle a given task, others don't give a rats ass about presentation or shape - and some even about neither of them. And a lot of people let their purse decide - which explains the immense success of the one-piece plastic-chair. If you need several of them for your garage, you won't be buying Pantone Chairs... ?? Obviously, there are companies who fit their product perfectly to the buying public with mediocre design. How nice that there are a lot of others as well who dare to offer more distinctive designs ??