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What I've Learned About Design By Designing For...

What I've Learned About Design By Designing For Kids

Transitioning from over 15 years of client service work to creating a product for children has been the greatest challenge and most rewarding effort of my career — and I've learned many things that have made me a better designer.

Paul Armstrong

May 03, 2014
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  1. There’s an actual conspiracy theory that Tom Petty slipped into

    a coma in 1976 then died 
 a decade later. (People Be Cray-z)
  2. I was an entrepreneur 
 before I even knew 


    that there was a word 
 for entrepreneur.
  3. D = Dissatisfaction (with how things are) V = Vision

    (of what’s possible) F = First steps (toward the vision) ! (If the product of these three factors is greater than) R = Resistance D x V x F > R
  4. Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to

    be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted. “ ” — Dr. Seuss
  5. Gill Sans This type is set in Gill Sans Light,

    it’s pretty nice. And quite obviously this is set in Gill Sans Light Italic, duh. Blah words more word, Gill Sans Bold. Oh, and what have we here, Gill Sans Bold Italic. Extra Bold has a bit more whimsy to it. Ultra Bold is insane, just look at this “i”