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 +====== 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 [[extras:wissikon:design-development:gestalt-rules|Gestalt-rules]]. Break them only if you know them (//rule no. 18//).
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 +  - 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
 +  - [[extras:wissikon:to_sort: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. ([[extras:wissikon:typography_and_layout:typography:otl_aicher|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.