[Sigia-l] Google introduces animated icons on homepage

[Eric Reiss]

Andrea,

I think you're right that there is some correlation between
interpersonal bubbles and web design. That said, I would have
expected more feng shui in Japan rather than amazingly busy sites
such as Aiseikai Hospital (http://www.aiseikai.or.jp/)

If I may digress a moment, I've long had a theory that the reason
Americans find Scandinavians "cold" is that they run into this bubble
sooner than they would with another American. And Scandinavians think
Americans are "shallow" because they quickly pass the point at which
they expect the bubble to stop them, assume they have now become true
friends, and are subsequently taken aback when they unexpectedly hit
the American bubble.

Cheers,
Eric

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Eric Reiss
Managing Director
FatDUX Copenhagen
www.fatdux.com

---- Original Message ----
From: root at resmini.net
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Google introduces animated icons on homepage
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:50:40 +0200 (CEST)

>Eric,
>
>> Here in Scandinavia, we're particularly keen to produce "clean"
>> design with lots of white space.
>
>Well, that's what Scandinavian design is all about, isn't it? :)
>
>> I don't pretend to fully understand this penchant for clutter, but
>> there certainly seems to be a sociological factor playing out here.
>
>I don't pretend that either, but it's something I've been sniffing 
>from a
>distance for some time now for some articles, after dealing with it 
>in a
>previous life as an architect, and it definitely conveys an idea that
>proxemics is involved, and sociology.
>
>Personal space tends to be pretty spacey in Scandinavia(*), as 
>opposed to
>Mediterranean and Asian cultures: this has been well documented by 
>Hall
>and others. It definitely could translate into these behaviors we are
>documenting.
>I read a number of books back then about these issues in 
>architectonic
>spaces, but right now me and my books are two separate entities and I
>cannot check properly. Worth looking into, anyway: I'll report back 
>if I
>manage to track back some sources.
>
>Just m2c, these things go down deep.
>
>(*) the Swedish bubble, for example, is just about the size of your
>garage. No need to be offended for Swedes, though, since I'm 
>currently
>developing (if that is the verb) my own. And I pretty like it. ;)
>
>--
>
>Andrea Resmini
>Information architect
>root at resmini.net
>
>