john Beejay
3 min readJun 18, 2021

What makes a good design a “Good Design”?

These principles specifically relate to his expertise in product design, but can be relied on as the foundation for modern, effective design in any discipline. They apply to concepts for a product package, a logo, a website, and even a radio script. Here are our seven design principles, inspired by Dieter Rams:

1) Good design is user-oriented. Usability goals, characteristics, environment, and personas drive how we make decisions about each web design we create.

2) Good design is honest. Websites should deliver on their promises. Honesty develops trust. And trust builds brands.

3) Good design focuses on the details. Rams said it best: even in web design, “Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the user.” LMD gives careful consideration to each decision we make about speed, context, content, size, layout, hierarchy, placement, font, accessibility, and color.

4) Good design is innovative. Marrying form and function is an absolute. And with robust functionality comes modern development that provides consumers with a useful, complete product. Today’s web technologies are evolving at near-light speed, bringing the promise of a seamless digital experience ever closer to reality.

5) Good design makes a website useful. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of an online experience while minimizing all the necessary noise. Well-placed and smartly designed calls-to-action drive users to the most important information.

6) Good design is as little design as possible. Less is more — especially in 2017, where the mobile experience dominates many markets. Concentrate on the essential tasks to meet your goals. When in doubt, simplify.

7) Good design is aesthetic. Again, to quote the inimitable Rams: “The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.”(https://www.lmdagency.com/blog/2017/what-makes-good-design)

Check the PSU website through www.parsu.edu.ph. Explore the contents of the site. Identify at least five (5) good observation in the website and at least five (5) observation that requires improvement.

The Good design include the Logo consider as good design.
The goal of university is the picture that makes a good design.
The Information of campuses is already in the website that make a good design
The transparency seal is the sign of honesty information for the goal of the university, so the picture consider as good design.
Also have the Freedom of Information that make useful for everyone, that’s A good design.
I think, they need to add set appointment for every transaction of student to control the number of student in registrar, OSAS, cashier and other PSU officered.
add the information of all staff’s in PSU not only the positions, need to know the every background of all staff’s.
I scan all the data but I don’t see the total number of enroll and the total of instructor's work in PSU.
Don’t have a search engine for quick search .
I don’t see the map of PSU that can use for guide for new student.