====== A collection of Rules for and from Design Practice ======

The following rules are a collection of statements that I worshipped over the years. Sometimes pretty challenging but I strongly believe in those:

  - Just talking is not enough
  - Learning through visualisation, hands-on experimentalism, and creating quick prototypes
  - Be integer
  - Have a spirit of goodness
  - Make a plan…
  - Stay focus on topic
  - Follow the Vitruvian Virtues ([[https://www.felix-beck.de/nyuad/teaching/doku.php?id=utilitas_venustas_firmitas|Utilitas, Venustas, Firmitas]])…
  - …and [[https://www.vitsoe.com/us/about/good-design|Dieter Rams 10 principles for good design]]
  - Tell visual Stories (//Felix's PPiPP principle ⇒ Put Pictures into your <del>Power Point</del>  Presentation//)
  - Work interdisciplinary
  - Be ready to say no
  - Stay open-minded
  - Make your workspace a Living Art Memoria (as a technique of remembering)
  - Structure your data
  - [[how_to:file_naming_convention|Name your files]]
  - Back-up
  - Practice design – not decoration
  - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule|The No Asshole Rule]] (see also picture below)

{{:wiki:no_assholes.jpg?direct&600|wiki:no_assholes.jpg}} \\ **Don’t work for assholes. Don’t work with assholes.**  [[https://www.p98a.com/shop/posters/dont-work-for-assholes-dont-work-with-assholes-3rd-edition|Poster by Erik Spiek­er­mann]]. 98€.

The list below shows a collection of rules that I heard/read more than two times at least. I agree with most of them…

  * Keep it simple, stupid (//the KISS principle//)
  * The unspectacular things are the important things (Dieter Rams)
  * Ask Why/reflect
  * Form teams
  * Be a hard worker
  * Create an atmosphere of debate and a culture of constructive controversy (ART+COM Studios)
  * Make the world a much better place, by design, in every moment
  * Encourage wild ideas
  * Have an eye on the future
  * Have a passion for change
  * Trust your colleagues, share challenge and responsibility (ART+COM Studios)
  * Share experiences, knowledge and results, internally and externally (ART+COM Studios)
  * Stay motivated to experiment
  * Build on the experience of others
  * Failing means learning
  * Venture outside the box => Forget about the box!
  * Play and Enquire
  * Enjoy collaborative Ideation
  * Create more value then you capture
  * Fail often to succeed sooner
  * Chaos can be constructive
  * Have the courage to fail (ART+COM Studios)
  * Rapid (!) prototyping
  * Have an identifiable attitude (ART+COM Studios)
  * Break rules only if you know them (ART+COM Studios)
  * Do things nobody has done before
  * DIY
  * Teach (ART+COM Studios)
  * Take risks
  * Have an eye on design
  * Anyone who has nothing to communicate looks for style, anyone who lives by materialism honours the spirit , anyone who does business is furthering culture. (Otl Aicher)
  * Develop your professional skills
  * Cross borders
  * Support and be supported
  * Network