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Science of Design

Denys Mishunov
September 07, 2012

Science of Design

Frontend Conference Zurich, 6-7 September, 2012

Denys Mishunov

September 07, 2012
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  1. “The best way to accomplish serious design … is to

    be totally and completely unqualified for the job” Paula Scher
  2. DESIGN = communication "We are designers, not artists; the main

    difference being that we produce things that solve problems." Paul Boag
  3. "The page is a piece of paper. It is also

    a visible and tangible proportion, silently sounding the thoroughbass of the book. On it lies the textblock, which must answer to the page… The two together – page and textblock – produce an antiphonal geometry…
  4. … That geometry alone can bond the reader to the

    book. Or conversely, it can put the reader to sleep, or put the reader’s nerves on edge, or drive the reader away." Robert Bringhurst "The Elements of Typographical Style"
  5. … Hippasus of Metapontum stood on the deck preparing to

    die. Around him stood the members of a cult, a secret brotherhood that he had betrayed. Hippasus had revealed a secret that was deadly to the Greek way of thinking, a secret that threatened to undermine the entire philosophy that the brotherhood had struggled to build. For revealing that secret, the great Pythagoras himself sentenced Hippasus to death by drowning. To protect their number-philosophy, the cult would kill… Charles Seife “Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea”
  6. Screens proportions HDTV, iMac – 16:9 [0.56] Google Nexus One,

    Nexus S – 3:5 [0.6] MacBook Pro – 5:8 [0.625] iPhone – 2:3 [0.66] iPad, Kindle – 3:4 [0.75] HDTV, iMac – 16:9 [0.56] Google Nexus One, Nexus S – 3:5 [0.6] MacBook Pro – 5:8 [0.625] iPhone – 2:3 [0.66] iPad, Kindle – 3:4 [0.75]
  7. “The good thing about science is that it's true whether

    or not you believe in it.” Neil deGrasse Tyson “The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
  8. “Physics is like Sex: sure it may have some practical

    results. But that's not why we do it.” Richard P.Feynman “Physics is like Sex: sure it may have some practical results. But that's not why we do it.”
  9. "In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is

    undesirable" "Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth" "Even when building the imperial palace, they always leave one place unfinished." Yoshida Kenko 1330 – 1332
  10. xn+1 = sin(a yn ) - cos(b xn ) yn+1

    = sin(c xn ) - cos(d yn ) De Jong Attractor Show me more!
  11. Lorenz Attractor dx /dt = σ(y-x), dy /dt = x(ρ-z)

    - y, dz /dt = xy - βz Show me more!
  12. “If we want better sites, better work, and better- informed

    clients, the need to educate begins with us.” Jeffery Zeldman
  13. THANK YOU “Give Me Glory” by Kimberly Geswein “Sketch Rockwell”

    by Lukas Bischoff Typefaces “A Necessary End” by Saltillo “Star Wars: A New Hope (Main Theme)” by “City of Prague Philharmonic” (comp. John Williams) “The Way You Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra Music @mishunov · http://mishunov.me · CodePen