Brevity

Brevity is the concise and exact use of words in writing or speech—a necessary skill for designers.

Brevity means you are quick, accurate, and precise. As a designer, it hones your communication skills while simultaneously refining your design thinkin…

Brevity is the concise and exact use of words in writing or speech—a necessary skill for designers.

Brevity means you are quick, accurate, and precise. As a designer, it hones your communication skills while simultaneously refining your design thinking skills. I was reminded of this after a long conversation about iPad’s mute button on Twitter with other designers.

Twitter is great for brevity. At 140 characters, it makes conversations more interesting and challenging. Throughout a given conversation, one must pick a single thought (sometimes more) to express in each Tweet. Each time I found myself iterating over my Tweet for over five minutes to get it just right.

Writing in any capacity improves our ability to understand things, and for a designer, it’s incredibly important to not just “do design,” but to discuss and analyze design in meaningful ways. Brevity is a natural effect of design. It forces you to distill interactions and experiences down to their simplest forms.

It’s at the heart of how stuff works.


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