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Consistency in Design

"I believe that one of the most overlooked elements of good design is consistency, especially in corporate identity design."

Posted at April 16, 2004 11:11 AM


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Of course, let's remember that Emerson wrote, "FOOLISH consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds" [emphasis mine]. So, somehow we need to discern between foolish consistency and necessary consistency. Makes it oh so fun, eh?

Posted by joe at April 21, 2004 08:59 AM


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I've written on that before, the Emerson quote is widely used though it was narrowly defined originally...

Posted by Christina Wodtke at April 21, 2004 09:48 AM


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