Category Archives: Art

The Matryokshka Doll Principle

By Shana | Published: August 13, 2009
Image by Jeff Belmonte via Flickr The Matryoshka Doll Principle, Chinese Box Design, however you would call it. This principle will be a guiding force for the rest of your career.  It forces you into a quality product.  I see it all the time in products, particularly tech products that we all crave, as a [...]
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The Artist’s/Coder education: Blind Contour

By Shana | Published: August 4, 2009
Image via Wikipedia I wanted do a series about the art of design, rather than the more practical humdrum side. Most people find it very difficult to think creatively this way.  It takes a lot of practice, beyond native intelligence.  It is not a matter of just knowing how the facts work, but also a [...]
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Machine/Human/Beauty- A series on interfaces, art, design, and humanity

By Shana | Published: July 8, 2009
Image via Wikipedia As an art student with a great interest in the human figure, I’ve recently come to recognize that there might be people who have not dwelled on what makes for compelling software and hardware objects. As both a beginner to the coding side of life, but at least an intermediate student in [...]
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Great Art is Stealing

By Shana | Published: July 6, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Why is it that the most successful work out there seem to be refinements of what already is? It seems mysteriously difficult to come up with something unique. Defining ones uniqueness in a market of competitors is among the most difficult tasks placed on anyone who is an entrepreneur.  It doesn’t matter [...]
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