Why your design needs a little extra (icing)?

Why put icing on the cake?

Let’s just stick to the cake—bland, plain, but technically, well… still cake :)

In digital product design, functionality is THE king. Form follows function, as they say. 

And (to some extent) rightly so. Unless your product is useful and usable, the surface-level delight will turn into frustration :)

But at the same time, our audiences often react to "form" BEFORE they even choose to engage with the "function" :) If the form doesn't intrigue, they might never discover the function :)

Design is MUCH more than mere "problem-solving". It’s about those little “extras” … like craft, aesthetics, animation, words – you know, all the stuff that makes people actually feel something? 

“Nah, let's just stick to making things barely usable and call it a day. Because who needs an emotional connection when you can just have … buttons? 😏”

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P.S. For those of us who like our food with a bit of flavor and our designs with a bit of soul, let's keep pushing for the delightful stuff. 

Because honestly, life’s too short for dry cake and dull design. 🍰