As an individual writer and designer, I find it useful. The big problem with Laura Mipson is when it becomes part of our design process. So if you take it to a design review, youtake it to a critique, God forbid it goes up for quote unquote approval,. You know, with fake text in it. Right. Now, never never useLaura Mipson. If it helps you get the writing work done, use it. But if we're talking about something that's going to be used by people who are trying to make their designs stand out more than they already do, then no one should ever use this tool.
Scott Kubie shows us how writing is designing with words. He reminds us that someone has to be the writer, and it’s our job to know who that person is. He calls on us to take up the task of writing when nobody else can, and warns of what leaving it till the end will do. He also shares some neat tricks to spur momentum and overcome those intimidating blank pages.
- Why Do We Forget About Writing? (6:30)
- What's Wrong with Lorem Ipsum? (9:36)
- Present the Problem Before the Visuals (12:57)
- Are Designers Expected to Be Writers? (15:55)
- The Rough-In Process (20:08)
- Getting Approval Through Stakeholder Participation (24:11)
- Putting It All Together (30:12)
- IKEA Instructions with Words (37:43)
- Edit Yourself Later (41:49)
- How to Level Up (47:10)
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