Writing as Design, Design as Writing
It compares writing and designing as two things which are very similar. This is because when designing you need to designing something that others would find interesting to use same as when writing you need to write in a way that is interesting and easy to read.
"to think of the problem of designing something that people will find understandable and easy to use as the same problem as writing something that other people will understand and find easy to read."
It also emphasizes on how important empathy is in writing, taking other peoples views into consideration. " Nothing can be worse than a writer or designer who thinks everyone else is just like them"
It also reinforces something i learnt in my writing design lecture.
"Obscurity is often thought of as an essential ingredient in academic writing. Someone who writes clearly is viewed with great suspicion. Basically, the idea appears to be that if the writing is easy to understand, then the ideas beneath them must be inferior: simple writing reflects a simple mind."
website link http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/chapter_17_writing_.html
"to think of the problem of designing something that people will find understandable and easy to use as the same problem as writing something that other people will understand and find easy to read."
It also emphasizes on how important empathy is in writing, taking other peoples views into consideration. " Nothing can be worse than a writer or designer who thinks everyone else is just like them"
It also reinforces something i learnt in my writing design lecture.
"Obscurity is often thought of as an essential ingredient in academic writing. Someone who writes clearly is viewed with great suspicion. Basically, the idea appears to be that if the writing is easy to understand, then the ideas beneath them must be inferior: simple writing reflects a simple mind."
website link http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/chapter_17_writing_.html