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It's Nice That

Good isn’t good enough: beware the design middle ground

September 7
Good isn’t good enough: beware the design middle ground

Design is getting less weird, and the pull to the centre grows stronger every day. Aporva Baxi looks at why this happens through the “accumulation of reasonable decisions” and how to fight back.

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