Design Storytelling

“The only intuitive interface is the nipple. After that everything is learned.”

That is just one gem from this extraordinary talk by Wilson Miner - When We Build.

Miner shares many wonderful observations about the way we design and why we design.

His talk is beautifully constructed, majestically paced and emotively soundtracked for maximum impact. The medium is the message - indeed.

The thinking of Marshall McLuhan is clearly important, as is the zen philosophy of the ‘don’t know mind’. But really, my favourite part is Miner’s explanation of Robert Irwin’s work; his study of spaces, his visual reactions to them and the way his beautifully minimal installations change people’s perceptions of their environment.

Something to truly aspire to.

Thanks to Simon Collison for posting and to those who tweeted his link.