Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Towards the Perfect Paper Plane

Iterative Design: Towards the Perfect Paper Plane

Aza Raskin: I’ve been on a quest for the last 16 years. It hasn’t been a constant quest, nor a particularly important one. Just one close to my heart: to design a paper airplane perfectly suited for duration flights.

What’s the moral of the story? As you design, you aren’t just moving towards a solution, you are learning about what problem your solution is trying to solve. So, don’t stop iterating your design. And more importantly, don’t stop iterating your problem.