Minimalist Communication

Check out the guided tour of the new ipod shuffle at http://www.apple.com/au/ipodshuffle/ 

"I reckon its (yet again from apple) a beautiful example of clear minimalist communication," says Bryson Smith. EVERYTHING has been thought about: the colour scheme and style of what the girl is wearing, the choice of music you hear, the absence of any backdrop, the way the girl introduces herself and then uses really plan speech...  the whole thing says "relaxed, friendly, cool style."  Simply beautiful communication.

Four Cardinal Design Rules - a Free Preview

Happy New Year - and sorry for the lack of recent posts. I've mentioned before the excellent "Non-Designer's Design Book" by Robin Williams (Peachpit Press). Here's something cool - if you search for the book on Amazon, and then click to 'look inside", you get to read the page that summarises the four key design principles of Consistency, Alignment, Repetition and Proximity. It's the most important page in the whole book - and you get to read it free! Having said that, it's probably still worth buying the book...

Can anyone else recommend good design books? Leave a comment.