Technology Should Be
Beautiful, Useful,
and Invisible
Beautiful, Useful,
and Invisible
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argo Quarterly Newsletter:
Spring 2018
Tenor is acquired by Google, ICON creates the first 3D-printed home, advances in design for AI and more.
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The myth of human-centered design
The conventional interpretation of human-centered design wildly oversimplifies the relationship between people and technology. It’s time for a more nuanced approach.
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The Office of the Future
It will be a distracted dystopia. We have some better ideas. See argodesign's vision for the collaborative workplace in Quartz Ideas.
Read ArticleAs designers and as a business, we value doing something
worthwhile, and deeper relationships with our clients enable that
vision. We're cultivating new relationship models that allow us to
share in the risks and the rewards of collaborative design innovations
– taking stock for payment, engaging in royalty relationships, and owning a part of the outcome. For our clients and for us, this approach brings more satisfying returns, both financially and creatively.
We love design – the software, the machines, the simple joy of craft, and ultimately the experiences we create. Our highest aspirations come to fruition through our passion for the act of making. It's something timeless, to want to work with materials. Material exploration is fundamental to the coarse process of invention that informs our process creed:
Think by making. Deliver by demo.
