Be it a newbie or a professional, the points mentioned deserve a look more than once and would almost certainly add a new dimension to the view of the world.
Simplicity is almost always an elusive concept.
Is too little – simple?
Would being simple imply insufficiency?
Giles answers numerous questions that arise when one imagines how complex being simple is.
So, you thought, drawing was hard. Words taken back. Just have a look at this amazing company called, Claytorial. These people use clay figures to explain products and animate using stop motion animations. I find the concept super cool and it’s amazing how people want to break away from monotonous explanations which convey nothing and add to the mystery of what the product/ service actually want to achieve.
Their recent work is for Tagga and as always, it’s a commendable piece of work. I really want to know the people behind it.
Pictualize is not alone in the journey of thinking and explaining concepts/technologies/services visually. There are industry mavens out there who have done and are doing a fabulous job of giving the world a clutter free explanation.
We are doing a series of such visual thinkers and the awesome work they are doing.
The first mention comes of the LeFevers. The husband and wife duo who have been doing groundbreaking work in visual explanations since 2003. The duo shot to fame from the “RSS in plain English” video and never looked back. In their recent posts, they admitted that as technologies behind products and services increase in complexity, there follows a need for explanations which cut through the redundancies and clutter in our understanding.
Currently, they do explanatory videos for training and explanations. The entire video library can be accessed from their Common Craft Store. Below is one of the videos they’ve done to explain “Borrowing money in plain English” .
