http://helveticist.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/andrew-dillon-and-misha-vaughn-on-information-shape/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:47:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://helveticist.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/andrew-dillon-and-misha-vaughn-on-information-shape/#comment-12 Andrew Dillon Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:47:54 +0000 http://helveticist.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-12 Apologies for the apparent "falderol" and all that theory, but it does appear that you managed to get the points clearly -- no quibbles from me on your summary. Yes, content matters...A LOT, and forced separation of meaning from mapping is a flawed model that just won't die, it's been with us for decades and every new technology causes people to reinvent it. Information possesses the property of shape, we are just struggling to learn how to exploit this in design, but nobody said innovation was easy..... Apologies for the apparent “falderol” and all that theory, but it does appear that you managed to get the points clearly — no quibbles from me on your summary. Yes, content matters…A LOT, and forced separation of meaning from mapping is a flawed model that just won’t die, it’s been with us for decades and every new technology causes people to reinvent it. Information possesses the property of shape, we are just struggling to learn how to exploit this in design, but nobody said innovation was easy…..

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