15 Rules for a Better World
- Posted by Kati on February 27th, 2004 filed in Lifeblog in english
Should be required reading for all designers, architects, web designers, typographers, and anyone who creates something in this world that will be consumed visually: 15 Rules for Rebuilding the World by Christopher Alexander. His rules are so simple, seemingly self-evident, so parallel to what art history has taught mankind and yet, if you look at modern architecture, certain magazine layouts, billboard designs (to name just a few examples) they are so deviant from these simple basic guidelines. If more designers incorporate these rules into their thinking, the world will be a better place, i think.
(By the way, he just published these rules in a 2150 pages long book series. See Book 1: The Phenomenon of Life: The Nature of Order,.)