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A tendency to see attractive people as more intelligent,

competent, moral, and sociable than unattractive people.

Taken from

Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design

This exactly describes a Tolstay’s quote I posted few weeks ago! http://yiah.tumblr.com/post/8210364985/what-a-strange-illusion-it-is-to-suppose-beauty-is

Balcony flowerbox / table / bar / office

Summer is around the corner and it’s time to enjoy the good weather and your balconies. I’m sure Michael Hilgers idea will haunt you every time you look at your empty balcony and will drive all the balconistas crazy.

Horror Vacui

A tendency to favor filling blank spaces with objects and

elements over leaving spaces blank or empty.

Recent research into how horror vacui is perceived suggests a general inverse relationship between horror vacui and value perception—that is, as horror vacui increases, perceived value decreases. For example, in a survey of more than 100 clothing stores that display merchandise in shop windows, the degree to which the shop windows were filled with mannequins, clothes, price tags, and signage was inversely related to the average price of the clothing and brand prestige of the store. Bulk sales shops and chain stores tended to fill window displays to the maximum degree possible, using every inch of real estate to display multiple mannequins, stacks of clothes, and advertising promotions, whereas high-end boutiques often used a single mannequin, no hanging or stacked clothes, no signage, and no price tags—if passersby need to know the price, they presumably could not afford it. This result is certainly consistent with common experience, but somewhat surprising as lavish decoration is historically considered an indication of affluence and luxury.

It may be that the inverse relationship is actually between the affluence of a society and the perceived value associated with horror vacui—that is, for those accustomed to having more, less is more, and for those accustomed to having less, more is more. Others have speculated that the relationship is more a function of education than affluence. This area of research is immature and much follow-up is required to tease out the causal factors, but the preliminary findings are compelling.

Taken from

Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design

Classic Drum Sequences

Designer Rob Ricketts has created an amazing series of posters displaying notable drum sequences from classic electro songs programmed on the Roland TR-808.

(Source: rollingstone)

Traffic Light Feedback.

A concept for a traffic light that employs a progress bar to indicate how long the red light will last. This could help provide a friendlier driving experience and eliminate some off the road rage on the streets.

Eko Traffic Light.

(via cityinterface)

iOS ‘86 by Anton Repponen

Time travel iPhone’s User Interface back to 1986.

(via szymon)

Drawings About Talking

Lie

(via daylp)

Design studio To-Genkyo proposes a new method of tracking a foods expiration date by using a universally recognizable visual. The new design keeps people honest by changing colors based on the level of ammonia the food emits as it ages. After it has passed its expiration date the barcode is no longer readable, making it impossible to sell.

via daylp

How UX works in Scrum

(Source: andsometimesidothis)