====== A collection of Rules and principles for and from Design Practice ======

Some people collect stamps, we collect rules: funny ones, stupid ones, useful, the best of the best… like for example the [[about:gestalt-rules|Gestalt-rules]]. Break them only if you know them (//rule no. 18//).

  - Just talking is not enough
  - Learning through visualisation, hands-on experimentalism, and creating quick prototypes
  - Be integer
  - Have a spirit of goodness
  - Make a plan…
  - Stay focus on topic
  - Follow the Vitruvian Virtues ([[https://www.felix-beck.de/nyuad/teaching/doku.php?id=utilitas_venustas_firmitas|Utilitas, Venustas, Firmitas]])…
  - …and [[https://www.vitsoe.com/us/about/good-design|Dieter Rams 10 principles for good design]]
  - Tell visual Stories (//Felix's PPiPP principle ⇒ Put Pictures into your <del>Power Point</del>  Presentation//)
  - Work interdisciplinary
  - Be ready to say no
  - Stay open-minded
  - Make your workspace a Living Art Memoria (as a technique of remembering)
  - Structure your data
  - [[about:name-your-files|Name your files]]
  - Back-up
  - Practice design – not decoration
  - Break the rules only if you know them (ART+COM Studios)
  - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule|The No Asshole Rule]]
  - Keep it simple, stupid (//the KISS principle//)
  - The unspectacular things are the important things (Dieter Rams)
  - Ask Why/reflect
  - Form teams
  - Be a hard worker
  - Create an atmosphere of debate and a culture of constructive controversy (ART+COM Studios)
  - Make the world a much better place, by design, in every moment
  - Encourage wild ideas
  - Have an eye on the future
  - Have a passion for change
  - Trust your colleagues, share challenge and responsibility (ART+COM Studios)
  - Share experiences, knowledge and results, internally and externally (ART+COM Studios)
  - Stay motivated to experiment
  - Build on the experience of others
  - Failing means learning
  - Venture outside the box => Forget about the box!
  - Play and Enquire
  - Enjoy collaborative Ideation
  - Create more value then you capture
  - Fail often to succeed sooner
  - Chaos can be constructive
  - Have the courage to fail (ART+COM Studios)
  - Rapid (!) prototyping
  - Have an identifiable attitude (ART+COM Studios)
  - Do things nobody has done before
  - DIY
  - Teach (ART+COM Studios)
  - Take risks
  - Have an eye on design
  - Anyone who has nothing to communicate looks for style, anyone who lives by materialism honours the spirit, anyone who does business is furthering culture. (Otl Aicher)
  - Develop your professional skills
  - Cross borders
  - Support and be supported
  - Network
  - If you can't make it good, make it big.
  - If you can't make it big, make it red.