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1. Embrace Constraints
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This is EXCITING! But
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2. Practice Restraint
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3. Know when to
sto
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4. Adopt thebe inners mind
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Forget all
that you
know...For a
moment!
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5. Check your ego
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Whats the
problem?
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Fine balance to be
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6. Focus on the
experience of the design
User interaction not the thing
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How do you
communicate anexperience you are
designing
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7. Become a master
stor teller
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Zoom In...then zoom backout!
Give Details butREINFORCE THE
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PRETTY PICTURES AND SLICKPRESENTATIONS
ARE NOT ENOUGH!!
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9. Obsess about ideas
not tools
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10. Clarifyyour
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11. Sharpen yourvision and
curiosity, and
learn from thelessons around
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12. Simplify as much as
you can - but no more
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13. Utilize empty space
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14. Learn all the
rules and knowwhen to break
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1. Embrace Constraints
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1. Embrace Constraints
2. Practice Restraint
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1. Embrace Constraints
2. Practice Restraint
3. Know when to stop
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1. Embrace Constraints
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1. Embrace Constraints
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1. Embrace Constraints
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6. Focus on the experience of the design
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8. Think communication - not decoration
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11. Sharpen your vision and curiosity, and learn from the lessons around you
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1. Embrace Constraints
2. Practice Restraint
3. Know when to stop
4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door
6. Focus on the experience of the design
7. Become a master storyteller
8. Think communication - not decoration
9. Obsess about ideas - not tools10. Clarify your intentions
11. Sharpen your vision and curiosity, and learn from the lessons around you
12. Simplify as much as you can - but no more
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1. Embrace Constraints
2. Practice Restraint
3. Know when to stop
4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door
6. Focus on the experience of the design
7. Become a master storyteller
8. Think communication - not decoration
9. Obsess about ideas - not tools10. Clarify your intentions
11. Sharpen your vision and curiosity, and learn from the lessons around you
12. Simplify as much as you can - but no more
13. Utilize empty space
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1. Embrace Constraints
2. Practice Restraint
3. Know when to stop
4. Adopt the beginners mind5. Check your ego at the door
6. Focus on the experience of the design
7. Become a master storyteller
8. Think communication - not decoration
9. Obsess about ideas - not tools10. Clarify your intentions
11. Sharpen your vision and curiosity, and learn from the lessons around you
12. Simplify as much as you can - but no more
13. Utilize empty space
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