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Design Principles
What makes design good: Dieter Rams' ten principles, Don Norman's affordances, signifiers and feedback, visual hierarchy, contrast, alignment, whitespace, and how Apple, Braun and IKEA apply them.
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Prereqs: none. Next: Architecture; the Bauhaus (Art history). Sources: Dieter Rams, 'Ten Principles for Good Design' (c. 1976–80); Don Norman, *The Design of Everyday Things* (rev. 2013); Robin Williams, *The Non-Designer's Design Book*.Next: 1. Rams: less, but better