Comments on: Why don’t people complain about Good Design?

By: Make Every Bit of a Design

Make Every Bit of a Design — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:04:35 +0000

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By: DT

DT — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:29:06 +0000

Hi David,

Those are excellent points. A great example is what Apple did with the iPod or Symbian with its mobile operating system. People struggle with difficult to use Mp3 players and Pocket PC operating systems, because they did not know any better.

When Apple turned up with the iPod, they shook the world!

Thanks for stopping by and please keep do in touch.

By: David Oliver

David Oliver — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:07:15 +0000

I think you’re right about good design being seemless.
The one thing I would add is that sometimes design is not noticed because it is expected.

There are lots of examples of not so well designed products that people don’t complain about because they cannot imagine them being different or better. These products slip under the radar of the user. Occasionally, a product comes along that reimagines what could be and raises the bar for a category.

By: DT

DT — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:20:19 +0000

Hi Saikat,

I totally agree, people only make noise when things are bad. We should celebrate good design lots more.

By: Saikat

Saikat — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:51:14 +0000

I feel the irony of good design is that sometimes they are so well done that “the design” of it is never even noticed consciously by the users! It truly becomes our ‘part of life’.

If there is any visual or functional hitch in any design then only users notice it.