What Makes a Good Design

A good design in my opinion, needs to achieve its goal clearly, what it was primarily meant for.

The goal of the design can be:


• 1. Solving a problem creatively
• 2. Communicating an idea effectively
• 3. Plain aesthetic, which makes people wonder

To solve a problem creatively "Form follow function" is a great principle because its focus is the functionality which is the solution to the given problem. To communicate an idea effectively, visual delight becomes more important, effective display of the core idea with the help of minimum amount of pictures, words or illustration makes a greater impact. Plain aesthetic design can be achieved with both simplicity as well as abstractness, it is not limited to any design principles and neither are means to an end. It could be a visual delight and can also reflect an Idea.

So what makes people wonder ?

I think that this quality is the impact of a good design.

1. One way would be to make it very simplistic, for example Picaso's famous painting make people wonder because of hte simplicity.
   
   


2. Another way is if the picture has extraordinary depth for example the Barbershop by Norman Rockwell has amazing lights http://www.nrm.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Shuffletons_Barbershop_300.jpg
   
   


3. yet another way to make people wonder is by hidden meaning or trick in the picture

So what do you think ?