Design Principles

Read these two articles. They are not long.

• 12 design secrets spilled by Jony Ive
• Dieter Rams: 10 Principles for Good Design

Write an essay using Google Docs (or the word processor of your choice). Answer these questions. Do not include the questions in your essay, and do not write bullet points. Put your thoughts together in paragraphs.

Consider these questions:

• Who is Jony Ive? 
• What is he primarily famous for?
• Who is Dieter Rams? 
• What is he primarily famous for?
• What area do these design principles primarily apply to?
• Can any of these design principles also apply to web site design or app design?
• Which ones? How, specifically?
• Do the lists have any principles in common (or very similar)? 
• Which are those? 
• Do those particular principles apply more or less to web or app design?
• How could you incorporate these principles into your final app? Please be specific.

Share your Google Doc with me at mbrautigam@metroed.net. If you use Microsoft Word or Pages, send me the document as an email attachment. This is an academic assignment, and as such, it is worth a higher proportion of your grade than technical assignments.