Designing with Blinders OnMike Gowen

Don’t let look-and-feel decisions influence

functionality

(a side note)

“Creative freedom” is an oxymoron

"Forcing yourself to use restricted means is the sort of

restraint that liberates invention. It obliges you to make a kind of

progress that you can't even imagine in advance."

PABLO PICASSO

Disclaimer

Break the process down into small chunks and only focus on what

is relevant for each respective chunk

Once you’ve made a decision you must

commit to it

VERY IMPORTANT

Build Your Feature Set

PHASE ONE

Be blind to organization

Organization and Detail

PHASE TWO

Be blind to structure

Module Development

PHASE THREE

Be blind to layout

Layout

PHASE FOUR

Be blind to look-and-feel

Skinning

PHASE FIVE

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