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Good Design: This Miele Instruction Manual
Little, thoughtful touches that improve the user experience
By Rain Noe - Mar 09, 2017
Enter a caption (optional)To us, good design doesn't have to be some staggeringly brilliant thing that winds up in the MoMA or the Salone. In fact, most of the time I'm more impressed by some small, simple change a designer has made that will get them no glory but will improve the user experience in some way.
Here's a prime example of that, sent to us by Core77 reader Brian Hackett, who writes:
Reading Core77 has me appreciating design more now that I'm actually looking for it. Take this vacuum manual, for instance.
Enter a caption (optional)It is written in multiple languages and instead of having the illustrations reprinted in each language's section, they are centralized in the back of the book, each with its own number. Additionally, the section folds out so that it can be visible no matter which page/section you are on in the manual.
Enter a caption (optional)This means you don't have to flip back and forth every time an illustration is referenced. Maybe this has become a standard, but it's the first time I've seen it.
Got other examples, readers? If so please send them to [rain] -at- core77 +dot+ com with the subject line "GOOD DESIGN."
Thanks Brian!
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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Fame! I'm gonna live forever! ;)
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I remember building Tamiya Model kits when I was a kid, and they always had the best instructions.
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Pretty much standard for every Bosch tool over here in Europe. Festool does this, too.
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