Why I design at Google

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Post by jamesjyu » Tue, Apr 19, 2011, 10:12 PM UTC

Why I design at Google
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Re: Why I design at Google

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Post by staunch » Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 1:17 AM UTC

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

Re: Why I design at Google

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Post by thechangelog » Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 1:38 AM UTC

staunch wrote: post #2

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

Are you asking about Apple "quality" aesthetics?

Graphic design is about solving problems; aesthetics are secondary. Google's designs solve its problems--satisfying search results, simple access to email, etc--very effectively.

Re: Why I design at Google

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Post by jamesteow » Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 1:55 AM UTC

thechangelog wrote: post #3

staunch wrote: post #2

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

Are you asking about Apple "quality" aesthetics? Graphic design is about solving problems; aesthetics are secondary. Google's designs solve its problems--satisfying search results, simple access to email, etc--very effectively.

Apple solves problems without sacrificing aesthetics. Very rare to find companies who can achieve that level of quality.

Re: Why I design at Google

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Post by coderdude » Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 2:00 AM UTC

staunch wrote: post #2

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

Apple's designs aren't all that impressive to me. They aren't the epitome of design.

Google Profiles (https://profiles.google.com/) has better usability and a cleaner design than Apple's homepage (http://www.apple.com/).

Re: Why I design at Google

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Post by grimlck » Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 2:11 AM UTC

staunch wrote: post #2

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

www.google.com

Re: Why I design at Google

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Post by bostonvaulter2 » Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 2:41 AM UTC

staunch wrote: post #2

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

The design of the map for Google Maps is pretty nice.

http://www.41latitude.com/post/557224600/map-comparison

Re: Why I design at Google

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Post by kes » Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 2:48 AM UTC

Long-term, I want my design work to influence the direction of large groups and societies, and to do that I need to learn how to work with and persuade people who aren’t inclined or required to listen to professional designers.

I think that this is the most important bit.

Re: Why I design at Google

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Post by natchexz » Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 3:40 AM UTC

bostonvaulter2 wrote: post #7

staunch wrote: post #2

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

The design of the map for Google Maps is pretty nice. http://www.41latitude.com/post/557224600/map-comparison

This is an even better example: http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-...

Re: Why I design at Google

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 20, 2011, 5:39 AM UTC

staunch wrote: post #2

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

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