Yearly Archives: 2014

Depth of Processing is a design theory in which it is believed that when information is analyzed more deeply, the information is more likely to be retained. Instruction sheets that are more complex and analytical are more likely to retained than more superficial ones.

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2014-01-30 in brand / consulting / curriculum vitae / design principles / Illustration / insights / libraries / portfolio / research interests / teaching / teaching experience / technology tagged Arts / Coca Cola / Design / John LeMasney by lemsy (updated 1594 days ago)

Defensible space is a theory about the way that spaces (often collective residences) are arranged considering the environmental variables like Territoriality, Surveillance, and Symbolic Barriers. […]

29 of 365: Defensible Space design principle

2014-01-30 in brand / consulting / curriculum vitae / design principles / Illustration / insights / libraries / portfolio / research interests / teaching / teaching experience / technology tagged Business / Design / John LeMasney / lemasney.com / space / technology / Wikipedia by lemsy (updated 1597 days ago)

Cost-Benefit as a design principle talks about the tension between the cost of the user’s time, effort, and other resources versus the benefit to that […]

28 of 365: Cost-Benefit design principle

2014-01-29 in brand / consulting / curriculum vitae / design principles / Illustration / insights / portfolio / professional activities / references / research interests / teaching / teaching experience / technology tagged Business / Design / Font / Graphics / John LeMasney by lemsy (updated 1597 days ago)

“Natural or human-made systems that best approximate optimal strategies afforded by the environment tend to be successful, while systems exhibiting lesser approximations tend to become extinct. This […]