RESPONSE TO HOW TO RUIN A GREAT DESIGN:

RESPONSE TO HOW TO RUIN A GREAT DESIGN:

“Bad design comes in many forms. Things that are unsafe. Things that don’t work properly, or are unnecessarily complicated. Things that are ethically or environmentally unsound. Crimes against design are different. They deprive us of the joy of great design, by wrecking or replacing it.”

I think it is interesting how something so little can really affect the overall look. For example, The D being larger in the Diverted cyclist sign. I think there is a place for every type of design. Street signs should be simple, uncomplicated and used as an aid to get the point across clearly. (Helvetica probably works best :) ) The news signs are based off of the old. And it is interesting how generally no-one is likely to care quite so much about the system as the people who conceived it. Or another problem the article brings up is when a company hires someone to redo a design, a lot of times they find the new design is so similar to the old and actually becomes inferior. Overall, there is a lot of desire to update what was, but most of the time it seems it is better that way.