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Fabrice Dubois
London, Beijing
Aloha!
Interests: I work as a UI designer and software engineer for a mobile operator, with a couple of cool Chinese guys. We try to craft better user interfaces, simpler to use and to implement. Most of our work is done on Android phones.
Stuck on amber are the things that need no change. Good and well designed things are ready for eternity, just like mosquitoes forever trapped in a piece of amber. Ah, "Stuck on Amber" is also a damn good song by Martin Carr, of the Boo Radleys.
Thanks to Luke and Adam for their support and reviews!
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Posted Oct 8, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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The London Design Festival and V&A Logos
Posted Sep 23, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Emotionally Detached
You can’t improve a design when you’re emotionally attached to past decisions. Improvements come from flexibility and openness. – Ryan Singer Being process-oriented, not product-driven, is the most important and difficult skill for a designer to develop. [It means] removing yourself from prideful investment in your projects and being slow to fall in love with your ideas. – Matthew Frederick, 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Awesome Firefox for Tablet
Posted Aug 31, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Peeling the Onion
When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don’t put in the time or energy to get there. – Steve Jobs Continue reading
Posted Aug 25, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Asking for Complications
Posted Aug 1, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Requirements Proliferation
Requirements proliferation must be fought, by both birth control and infanticide. – F. P. Brooks, The Design of Design Continue reading
Posted Jul 27, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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The Perfect Weather Application?
Posted Jul 22, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Google+ Innovative (and Fun) Feedback Feature
Posted Jul 4, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Ticketless
Posted Jul 1, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Upside Down Design
Posted Jun 18, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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A Restaurant Bootstrapped With 1 Dish
Posted May 9, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Straightforward Help (It Will Never Work, Episode 1)
Posted Feb 15, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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The Weakest Link Principle
Posted Feb 10, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Don't Get Too Fond of Designing
When a user or client tells you he wants a certain feature, ask why he wants it–determine his immediate goal [...] Keep asking until you move well beyond the boundaries of the immediate design problem. Why should you ask these questions if you have clear requirements? Because if you love designing things, it's easy to get caught up in an interesting interface-design problem. Maybe you're good at building forms that ask for the just the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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The Elegant New Air France Logo
Posted Jan 11, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Google Earth Street View, Drunk... (Episode 2)
Posted Jan 3, 2011 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Distilling an Idea... Please Don't Disturb
Why creative teams should be small. Continue reading
Posted Dec 26, 2010 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Conceptual Integrity
Posted Dec 23, 2010 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Terrible Calendar Design
Posted Dec 14, 2010 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Google Earth Street View, Drunk...
Posted Dec 7, 2010 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Excellent Design Leaves No Trace of the Problem
Terrible design: Your don't believe there's a way to use the product. You're even more convinced about that once you've thrown it through the window. Mediocre design: You look for the way to use the product, finally find it, and think "Ah I see. I get it now...". And you realize you didn't hear what your wife just said. Good design: You immediately see how to use the product, and think "Eheh, easy..." Excellent design:... Continue reading
Posted Dec 5, 2010 at STUCK ON AMBER
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It's About Solving Problems and Whittling
Quotes of the day, from 2 famous designers. Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2010 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Well-Rounded Products Enhance Heart and Mind
3 quotes from Donald Norman, on what makes great designs. Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2010 at STUCK ON AMBER
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Catalogue of Extraordinary Objects
Posted Nov 22, 2010 at STUCK ON AMBER
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