Hidden By Design

What's the one thing about human attention that most designers never learn to use on purpose? The question "What's the one design principle that you think is massively underestimated even by experienced designers like...

Hidden By Design is a podcast about design for everyone, hosted by Thorbjørn Lynggaard Sørensen and Martin Whiskin. Every episode digs into the design decisions you don't notice, because the best design is the kind that...

<p></p><p>Figure ground is a funny thing. In essence, it simply mean "forground and background" which should be pretty obvious to have. However, what its all about is how the forground and background of anything plays...

<p>Recently, I wanted a cup of coffee from a coffee machine. I put my cup roughly where I believed that the coffee would come out, I then pressed the coffee I wanted, and then waited.. and waited.. and waited.. then...

<p>Prototyping is the art of creating early models to test ideas, emotions, and processes. To make it easier we have split it into three main types: </p> <p><br /></p> Bassive prototypes (like mood boards or...

<p>The worlds WORST Chewbacca sound effect is in this episode. </p> <p>If you never heard about Diegetic and Non-Diegetic sound effect, you are not alone, but after listening to this episode, you will know what it is...

<p>A composer is a person that decides how you should feel, and then, makes you feel that. Sounds familiar? In this episode we are doing something that we dont do often, interview a person, and this person is Michael...

<p>"This is Dave's printers. I'm not here at the minute. Please phone me back, see you later." </p> <p>If you want to hear Martin fail at making an example of a bad voiceover, this is the episode. Even trying to do a...

<p>What is a problem statement really, and is it really nessecary? (Yes it is ;) ) </p> <p>"Job to be done" is a tool to help you really understand the problem and stay focused on the problem rather than on the...

<p>Postels law, also known as the "Robustness principle" originally comes from the development and ideas of how the internet should be designed. The TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) was designed with the following...

<p>Do you rember that party you attended, where there was this one person who was really funny, and was the center of attention, and said so many funny things. And then, do you remember other conversations that was...

<p>Im not a businessman, I dont sell out, I am a designer! </p> <p><br></p> <p>I believe that this is a pretty common mindset, and also a really healthy one. But.. and yes, there is a but. If you do not make money, you...

<p>Damn, I really need the toilet, but I am far away from home! </p> <p>We have all been there, out for a walk, and in need of a toilet! And it appears that the close we get to home, the more we need to go! At a point...

<p>What is bad design, and how do you identify it? </p> <p>Sometimes you will look at something, and think.. bah, that is a really bad design, the experience is totally off. And often you know this instinctively, but...

<p>UI is not design! </p> <p>And with that out of the way, lets get to the meat of this episode.</p> <p>This is an episode about understanding what User Interfaces (UI) is and isnt.</p> <p>Now that you read this far...