Start with the doorknob

Liz Danzico liberally paraphrasing Jeff Veen’s approach of starting from the bottom up in the The Art & Science of Web Design.

Start with the doorknob. Once you become a doorknob expert, you can move on to becoming a room expert, a door expert, a window expert. Make connections, and you can become an expert on how public spaces can foster community interaction, or how city design can alleviate congestion.

The Brick Approach on Bobulate.

4 Comments leave a comment below

  1. This is encouraging for those of us still at the bottom. Thank you.

    (btw: TeuxDeux is brilliant. I’m loving it!)

    dianamuse
    Jan 22nd, 2010 / 12:03 pm

  2. i think the starting point of every design piece should be the people who will be using it…

    vagabond sister
    Jan 22nd, 2010 / 12:29 pm

  3. Life, design, business… i think is the starting point of many things you do…

    Elie's Papel
    Jan 22nd, 2010 / 6:17 pm

  4. The key is actually *seeing* the doorknob.

    Ann
    Jan 24th, 2010 / 7:54 pm