A few days ago my colleague and internet grand master Mario Urban showed me something.. interesting.
trendlist.org is an aggregation, analyzation and exposition of modern design trends. It might be a secret weapon for you. But be careful! This is to design what The Game is to dating; if you follow it blindly you’ll end up treating people like machines and lose all love of the craft. But as a tool in your arsenal it can help to make things clearer, and show you what to avoid just as much as what to do. it’s also a helpful way to categorize and help you see your own bullshit from time to time.
Anyone can put a triangle in space and make the text underlined. Real designers ask themselves what the content needs, not how they can squeeze the content into a predefined style.
Just remember: With great power comes great responsibility.
OK but dont forget that in order to treat people like people one has to treat oneself as a human as well. If you behave machinelike in your actions and gaming you will deliver like one as well. That does not have to be bad incase what you are doing is good for that purpose. But I think its more about personal control and situation here than how to treat other people. Treatment of other people will come good by itself when remembering oneself first. This reqires being aware of ones weaknesses as well as the strengths!