Wednesday June 24, 2009
The Perfection of Imperfection
The 37signals post on balance between perfection and plumb resonates with me as lately I find myself focusing on the details of which I have comfort and control, but not necessarily the details that are most important to the endeavor’s ultimate success. Well worth the short read as it applies to design, code, presentations, and all manner of communication efforts.
In our time, many of us have been taught to strive for an insane perfection that means nothing. To get wholeness, you must try instead to strive for this kind of perfection, where things that don’t matter are left rough and unimportant, and the things that really matter are given deep attention. This is a perfection that seems imperfect. But it is a far deeper thing. – Christopher Alexander, The Perfection of Imperfection – 1991
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Mark Kraemer
Mark is an Information Architect and Principal Consultant at EMC in Dallas. His professional life is a Venn diagram, where he lives in the intersection of the folks who wear suits and the designers who wear flip-flops. You can catch his other ramblings on user experience and design at his personal blog, Mark-up.