U.S. Graphics Design Principles
U.S. Graphics Company is an interresting, entertaining Twitter account. I think he comes with a lot of good points on modern web design and why so much feels so soulless. His own style is also pretty cool, and there are things to take seriously in it - I have integrated a few things into this website's own design. I think they are general enough to be applied to most websites.
Design philosophy
These are taken directly from the source metadata link, the official website of U.S. Graphics Company.
| Principle |
|---|
| Emergent over prescribed aesthetics. |
| Expose state and inner workings. |
| Dense, not sparse. |
| Explicit is better than implicit. |
| Engineered for human vision and perception. |
| Regiment functionalism. |
| Performance is design. |
| Verbosity over opacity. |
| Ignore design trends. Timeless and unfashionable. |
| Flat, not hierarchical. |
| Diametrically opposite of minimalism, as complex as it needs to be. |
| Driven by objective reasoning and common sense. |
| Don't infantilize users. |