You are here By Nic Price on 11 May 2005 — 1 min read Yes, but how did I get here? Yesterday I went to the Design Museum in London with some friends from work to see the design of information exhibition “YOU ARE HERE” (now in its last week). It was full of amazing examples of how we convey complex information through models, signs and symbols, including navigation... More
Good to pub By Nic Price on 16 April 2005 — 1 min read Adaptonyms (also known as textonyms and cellodromes) are words that can be typed with the same sequence of keys on a cell phone using predictive text. For example the sequence “2-3-3” can produce “bed”, “add”, or “bee”. Source: Wikipedia Yesterday I texted a friend to let him know we’d “good to pub”. What I meant... More
Children learn what they live By Nic Price on 20 March 2005 — 1 min read If children live with criticism, They learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, They learn to fight. If children live with ridicule, They learn to be shy. If children live with shame, They learn to feel guilty. If children live with encouragement, They learn confidence. If children live with tolerance, They learn to be... More
Gestalt formula By Nic Price on 8 March 2005 — 1 min read “The fundamental ‘formula’ of Gestalt theory might be expressed in this way. There are wholes, the behaviour of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by the intrinsic nature of the whole. It is the hope of Gestalt theory to determine the nature of such... More
Broken By Nic Price on 4 March 2005 — 1 min read Great idea: This is broken “A project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it.” Amongst the hundreds of posts is a picture of a “Restroom” sign in Seattle with an arrow pointing to the sky Courtesy of Mark Hurst in New York who’s behind goodexperience.com More
A designated quiet area By Nic Price on 2 March 2005 — 1 min read Sign on train today… Just wondering… what constitutes using a mobile phone these days? I read the news on mine today quite happily (and quietly). If I’d read it to someone else would I have been arrested? More
Loosability By Nic Price on 2 March 2005 — 1 min read Buttons to operate toilet door on board train today… Just wondering… how do you know when it’s locked? More
Getting there… By Nic Price on 1 March 2005 — 1 min read I’m starting to narrow in on what to write about when I do my Masters At the moment it’s looking like: The application of Gestalt theory in user interface and information design for web-based applications More later. More
If content is king… By Nic Price on 10 February 2005 — 1 min read …context is god! Now… which categories to put this post in? 🙂 More
Minor diversion By Nic Price on 27 January 2005 — 1 min read We were talking earlier about a radio programme I wish I’d heard yesterday. Apparently someone has been researching in to whether our association of minor keys in music with melancholy or sadness is innate or caused by conditioning. Their conclusion is that it’s something we’re born with. I’d never stopped to think about it before,... More