看了一个片长为75分钟的《工业设计记录片: Objectified 2009》，感触颇深。从开始看到第一个显示出商标的品牌便是Braun德国布朗，当时正在说话的便是工业设计大师Dieter Rams。第二个品牌是Apple，发言人是设计了iMac, iPod和iPhone的Jonathan Ive。

Jonathan Ive的设计理念深受Dieter Rams影响，他在Apple的一些设计很大程度上是参考和继承了Braun 6-70年代的设计，Gizmodo上有片被digg了3165次对比二者的文章《1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple’s Future》。

作为一代设计大师，Dieter Rams有十条关于优秀设计的准则，Good Design，以下内容和图片为转载：

1. 好设计是创新的 Good Design is innovative
创新恒久远，山寨不流传
It does not copy existing product forms, nor does it produce any kind of novelty for the sake of it. The essence of innovation must be clearly seen in all functions of a product. The possibilities in this respect are by no means exhausted. Technological development keeps offering new chances for innovative solutions.

2. 好设计让产品有用 Good Design makes a product useful
非可用勿扰
A product is bought in order to be used. It must serve a defined purpose – in both primary and additional functions. The most important task of design is to optimise the utility of a product.

3. 好设计有美感 Good Design is aesthetic
美感很重要，懂得审美也很重要
The aesthetic quality of a product – and the fascination it inspires – is an integral part of the its utility. Without doubt, it is uncomfortable and tiring to have to put up with products that are confusing, that get on your nerves, that you are unable to relate to. However, it has always been a hard task to argue about aesthetic quality, for two reasons.
Firstly, it is difficult to talk about anything visual, since words have a different meaning for different people.
Secondly, aesthetic quality deals with details, subtle shades, harmony and the equilibrium of a whole variety of visual elements. A good eye is required, schooled by years and years of experience, in order to be able to draw the right conclusion.

4. 好设计有助于产品的传达 Good Design helps a product be understood
让产品会说话
It clarifies the structure of the product. Better still, it can make the product talk. At best, it is self-explanatory and saves you the long, tedious perusal of the operating manual.

5. 好设计无障 Good Design is unobtrusive
留点空间给用户
Products that satisfy this criterion are tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained leaving room for the user’s self-expression.

6. 好设计是诚实的 Good Design is honest
吹嘘，越吹越虚
An honestly-designed product must not claim features it does not have – being more innovative, more efficient, of higher value. It must not influence or manipulate buyers and users.

7. 好设计是持久的 Good Design is durable
美感很重要，懂得审美也很重要
It is nothing trendy that might be out-of-date tomorrow. This is one of the major differences between well-designed products and trivial objects for a waste-producing society. Waste must no longer be tolerated.

8. 好设计追求细节 Good Design is thorough to the last detail
成也细节，败也细节
Thoroughness and accuracy of design are synonymous with the product and its functions, as seen through the eyes of the user.

9. 好设计关注环境 Good Design is concerned with environment
拒绝垃圾，实体或像素的
Design must contribute towards a stable environment and a sensible use of raw materials. This means considering not only actual pollution, but also the visual pollution and destruction of our environment.

10. 好设计是极简的 Good Design is as little design as possible
无，极
Back to purity, back to simplicity.

Lovelogger号称是第一个专为情侣提供Blog的平台，当然也可以作为其它二人合作的Blog，例如夫妻，兄妹，父女，师生等等。
 
其采用左右两栏模式，分别展示两人各自的资料，日志，相册，投票等等内容。其具有功能强大的后台操控面板，可以自由设计Blog模板样式，发布和管理日志，评论，投票，Widget，相册等等。具有添加其它Blog来关注的简单SNS功能，同时采用了他人评分支持，以及Q&A问答系统。支持嵌入Twitter和Flickr的Widget进行展示，和加密日志等功能。

个人感觉Lovelogger其具有的功能完全能够打造一个完美的二人情侣Blog，如果说缺点就是后台管理面板的设计有点土，而且注册时能够选择性别比较好(它把我弄到了左边粉色区)。目前处于内测，但申请能够即时开通。

如果你需要一个这样的二人主题Blog，我强烈推荐。或者是大家参考其设计来自己打造一个也很不错，期待WordPress高手搞一个这样的情侣blog模板。

Autodesk这个老牌二维，三维制图软件公司推出了一款在线进行家居设计的项目：Project Dragonfly。
 
可以在线从Gallery中选择一些预设的房间模板，或者是完全按照自己的家来重新设计。其提供了上千种不同家居装饰，包括门，窗，地板，室内摆放的电器，家具，花草等等，拖放即可添加，可以旋转或者是调整尺寸位置。支持2D，3D不同视角展示，支持缩放和旋转。注册的用户还可以保存自己的设计或者是通过邮件分享。

相比以前介绍过的两款在线家居设计1, 2，Autodesk的产品要强大的多，包括透明的过度处理，模型的纹理显示等等，毕竟是专业出身啊。

Convertbot是一款iPhone/iPod Touch上的单位转换程序。类似的程序有很多，功能上大致类似，包括长度，重量，体积，货币等等不同单位之间的换算。但Convertbot的界面设计却深深地吸引了我，而且让我有所感悟。

首先是右面这个Icon图标，说不出喜欢它的理由，但在iTunes App上的Top 100(Paid)中，一眼便发现了它。可以说自己浏览过上千个不同iPhone App，如果选择最优的Icon，首推它。
 
上面是它的程序界面，可以参考其网站左侧的Demo来体验它的功能。不同于其它类似程序的垂直列表样式，其采用了圆盘式的设计。漂亮优雅之外，从易用性的角度考虑，仅用大拇指便可以实现快速地选择操作。

这样的设计让我想起了Apple，想起了它几代的iPod设计。无疑，Apple的设计无论是在外观的优雅，功能的简易，操作的人性上，都把易用性设计的标准发挥的淋漓尽致。而它的代表iPod，几代产品中所采用的圆盘式触控设计更加别具匠心。

圆盘的转动触控可以从列表中进行快速地选择，相比上下或者左右按键来不知要方便迅捷多少。另外按键的布置呈圆周排列，仅用一个大拇指便可以用最短的移动距离来实现所有的操控，实属经典。我不知道众多拥有iPod用户们是否也为它的这种设计所吸引过。

希望更多的设计者能够学习和参考这些经典的设计典范。我其实一点也不排斥山寨，相反很欣赏他们的借鉴精神。取其精华，去其糟粕，文明便是这样发展的。

Da Button Factory是一个在线创建文字按钮的服务，输出格式可以为图片或者CSS代码。 可以选择按钮样式，设置字体大小，阴影，颜色，边框等等属性，Ajax即时显示出修改的效果。可以输出为png, gif, jpeg图片格式或者是生成CSS背景的代码。同时其提供了几个按钮样例，包括Yahoo搜索，Apple网站，Gmail等按钮的样式。

很干净快捷的一个服务，网页上连个广告都没有，罕见。

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