Bonnes Bouches

LOOKS V. FUNCTION

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  Article on Apple’s battle with Samsung over copying its designs:   ‘It is “dead wrong” to argue that consumers consider a variety of technical features, as well as the external design, when deciding which product to buy. “Modern marketing and cognitive science shows very  clearly that visual design in consumer decision-making overrides underlying functionality”’ … Read more

SILLY YOUNG MEN

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‘Calf’s head is quite a dish among some epicures; and everyone knows that some young bucks among the epicures, by continually dining upon calves’ brains, by and by get to have little brains of their own, so as to be able to tell a calf’s head from their own heads; which, indeed, requires uncommon discrimination. … Read more