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  • Terms

    Terms

    The internet is a mirror with some ‘lag’. It’s been some time sense I’ve contributed to Less That’s It, but there’s been a ton of change in focus and thought on my part regarding design, tech, and business…. It was my rookie year in university, 2012 when I was inspired by John Maeda’s book, Law’s…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    July 2, 2022
    Techy Becky
    anthropology, design, labor, minimalism, policy, simplicity, socialism, technology
  • less: a new brand, a new idea

    less: a new brand, a new idea

    wow its really been some time hasn’t it. well in short, I am completely rebranding design that’s it, and will be forming the small beginnings of my strategic design firm called “less”. I’m also building a democratized media platform, “we”, and will be releasing details as I develop on less’s blog. stay tuned 🙂

    Leon Christopher Scott

    December 14, 2018
    announcement
    creative strategy, design, entrepreneurship, less, less is more, minimal, minimalism, rebrand, rebranding, technology
  • dishonesty is every product’s biggest competition

    dishonesty is every product’s biggest competition

    over selling a product is equivalent to the literal degrading of your product

    Leon Christopher Scott

    December 13, 2017
    Techy Becky
  • backwards

    backwards

    I think its fair to assume that we live in a digital age. Almost everything analog has a digital derivative if it hasn’t already been completely replaced and forgotten by all together. Something that continues to bug me about all of this preconceived notion that digitalization by default is good no matter the circumstances. Yea,…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    August 28, 2017
    Arguement, Art & Design, Techy Becky
    apple, engineering, innovati, minimal, minimal art, minimal photography, minimalism, on, philosophy, photography, software, technology
  • AS LITTLE DESIGN AS POSSIBLE

    AS LITTLE DESIGN AS POSSIBLE

    Its natural to want to over design. I think that much of the time the struggle of an artist and a designer is fought against their own creative obsession. You learn a ton of skills, you develop your own form of expression, but then you try your best to hone it and control it. There…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    January 14, 2017
    Arguement, Art, Art & Design
    advice, apple, art, creativity, design, dieter rams, graphic design, industrial design, photography, poetry, story, thought, writing
  • NEW PASSIONS

    NEW PASSIONS

    Hi crew! I want to update you all on what I’ve been up. Design That’s IT is fully in tact, but I am taking this experiment on a slightly new course. As you know, the site is predicated around showing off the most interesting accomplishments in design, tech, and business that I have noticed in…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    January 13, 2017
    Art, Art & Design
    a6000, art, design, minimal art, minimalism, photography, simplicity, sony, street photography, technology, VSCO
  • PURE

    PURE

    Samsung keeps surprising me. I’ve criticized them for unashamedly copying other designs in the industry without making any noticeable changes. However, over the years they’ve proven that they can in fact design, and not just design, they can design really well. Below is a video that was created and uploaded to YouTube in 2012. Its a concept…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    November 16, 2016
    Techy Becky
  • Min or Naw

    Min or Naw

    I’ve really enjoyed this journey with Design That’s It. I’m considered a slightly major design/brand change that might better represent what this blog is all about. I’m considered rebranding DTI to “min”…. short for minimal, or minimalism. I’ve been thinking about this for quite some time now and I’d rather do it sooner than later.…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    August 17, 2016
    Arguement, Art, Art & Design, Buisness, lifestyle, News, Speculation, Techy Becky
    blog, brand, business, design, design thats it, leon, min, minimalism, rebrand, technology
  • BOOK: STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST

    BOOK: STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST

    Think of your favorite work and your favorite creative heroes. What did they miss? What didn’t they make? What could’ve been made better? If they were still alive, what would they be making today? If all your favorite makers got together and collaborated, what would they make with you leading the crew? Go make that…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    July 6, 2016
    Arguement, Art, Art & Design, lifestyle, Techy Becky
    art, artist, austin kleon, book, design, quote, steal, steal like an artist
  • SONY a6300, A STAR IS BORN

    SONY a6300, A STAR IS BORN

    Mirrorless cameras are quickly replacing traditional DSLRs in the professional camera industry. The power and versatility of today’s smartphone cameras have exposed Nikon and Canon’s lack of innovation. DSLRs just seem like big blocks of rubber and metal that can take slightly better photos than flagship smartphones (as far as the average customer is concerned).…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 29, 2016
    Art, Art & Design, News, Techy Becky
    4k, apsc, art, camera, design, mirrorless, review, sony, sony a6300, tech
  • VSCO

    VSCO

    VSCO is an Instagram for minimalists. Instagram is a great social networking idea. Its truly captured the generation of smartphone photography. But like all successful social platforms, its been infiltrated by the others. The others are people that have habits that do not align with the intentions of the platform. For Instagram, these are people…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 27, 2016
    Art, Art & Design, News, Techy Becky
    adobe, android, art, camera, design, ios, lightroom, minimalism, photo, photography, photoshop, simplicity, software, VSCO, vsco cam, website
  • MINIMAL GO

    MINIMAL GO

    Single speed biking is minimal transportation

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 24, 2016
    Art & Design, lifestyle
    bike, city, ciy biking, custom biking, enviornmentally friendly, lifestyle, minimalism, simplicity, singlespeed bike, transportation
  • PERFECTION

    PERFECTION

    We are reaching a point of interest in the world of hardware engineering and industrial design. For decades desktop computers have dominated when it comes to advanced productivity. But the world is mobilizing and work is becoming less and less local. Desktops are also huge energy consumption devices, and a lot of people may not…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 23, 2016
    Arguement, Art, Art & Design, Buisness, Speculation, Techy Becky
    apple, art, asus, col, computers, computing, dell, design, fun, future, google, hp, intel, microsoft, minimalism, simplicity, surface, technology, touchscreen, wacom
  • KNOLL AWAY: 7

    KNOLL AWAY: 7

    Knolling is the process of arranging like objects in parallel or 90 degree angles as a method of organization. Its been a while. Stay organized my friends!  

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 21, 2016
    Art, Art & Design
    90 degrees, art, cameras, design, design thats it, food, fun, knolling, minimalism, organization, pencil, simplicity, skateboard, ski, skiing
  • COLOR: BLUE

    COLOR: BLUE

    Hey guys! I’m starting a serious called “Color”. Color is super important in so many aspects of life that I feel are overlooked. But specifically in regards to design, as we explore the depths of great design, I thought it would be great to tackle each primary color and the monochromes as it relates to…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 20, 2016
    Art, Art & Design
    blue, color, design, exploration, ideas, minimalism, simplicity, thought
  • WOW DESIGN: 5

    WOW DESIGN: 5

    “There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.”  Milton Glaser Asus is among the many Windows hardware OEM’s that are beginning to invest more in quality design. The Zenbook 3, recently unveiled at Computex 2016, is an engineering and design marvel. It…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 20, 2016
    Art, Art & Design, Techy Becky
    apple, asus, cool, design, design thats it, dslr, good design, incase, incase icon, iphone, love, minimalism, s’well, simplicity, tesla, zeiss, zeiss otus, zenbook, zenbook 3
  • DON’T EXPLORE, JUST DO

    DON’T EXPLORE, JUST DO

    Hey everyone! I’m back from my unannounced hiatus. I apologize for the wait, but on the bright side, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately lol I know its cliché, I did that on purpose. Recently news broke that Microsoft has just finished up laying off the last batch of Lumia engineers and designers from…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 17, 2016
    Arguement, Buisness, Techy Becky
    awesome, business, business management, consumer technology, design, design thats it, exploration, idea, marketing, maze, minimalism, product management, technology, vision
  • UI & UX: FLAT DESIGN

    UI & UX: FLAT DESIGN

    What is flat design, why has it taken over?

    Leon Christopher Scott

    March 21, 2016
    Art, Art & Design, Speculation, Techy Becky
    art, awesome, computer, design, exploration, fitbit, flat design, fun, google, great design, interesting, microsoft, minimal, minimalism, mit, simplicity, smartphones, uber, ui, user interface design, ux
  • DESIGN ICON: DIETER RAMS

    DESIGN ICON: DIETER RAMS

    Today is an exciting day for me because I get to write about my favorite 3D designer. His name is Dieter Rams, and he is arguably one of the top 5 most influential modern designers in the world. German born, Dieter had an unconventional introduction to the world of design. He studied architecture at Wiesbaden…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    March 8, 2016
    Art, Art & Design, Techy Becky
    art, awesome, black, california, color, complexity, computers, computing, cool, design, dieter rams, famous, future, german design, germany, industrial, industrial design, knolling, minimalism, monochrome, simplicity, technology, university, white
  • D_T_I LOGO

    D_T_I LOGO

    I’m transforming the design of Design That’s it to more of a minimalistic monochrome appeal. Enjoy  

    Leon Christopher Scott

    March 6, 2016
    Art, Art & Design, Buisness, News, Speculation, Techy Becky
    awesome, black, brand, communications design, design, fun, graphic design, grey, light, logo, logo design, minimal, minimalism, simplicity, technology, visual design, white
  • DESIGN ICON: MICHAEL BIERUT

    DESIGN ICON: MICHAEL BIERUT

    Hi guys, check out this awesome talk by one of today’s and my personal favorite Graphic Designer. He gives a short talk at Google on his design process with MIT Media Lab. Really insightful 🙂

    Leon Christopher Scott

    March 6, 2016
    Art, Art & Design
    design, google, lecture, michael bierut, minimalism, mit, mit media lab, simplicity
  • HELIX DESIGNS YOUR SLUMBER

    HELIX DESIGNS YOUR SLUMBER

    I mentioned in my CodeAcademy post that every seemingly mundane aspect of human existence is being smartized. Well, Helix Sleep is a perfect example of this paradigm shift. Not only that, Helix Sleep is placing a huge emphasis on quality design in the mattress buying process. Yea, their vision does away with mattress warehouse and its…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    March 2, 2016
    Art, Art & Design, Buisness, News, Techy Becky
    algorithm, awesome, bed, bed time, business, cool, design, helix, helix sleep, minimalism, online, shipping, simplicity, sleep, sleeping, slumber, smart, technology, website
  • DESIGN GENE POOL

    DESIGN GENE POOL

    Nothing is truly original. Everything piggybacks off of everything to some degree. The funniest thing about creativity is that its actually no more than good thievery masked as originality. The times when we catch our selves saying, “they stole that design from blabadeebla” only serve as evidence that whatever was been stolen was poorly implemented. Every curve, colorway,…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    March 1, 2016
    Art, Art & Design, News, Techy Becky
    apple, design, galaxy, iphone, lcd, microsoft, OLED, samsung
  • KNOLL AWAY: 6

    Knolling is the process of arranging related objects in parallel or 90-degree angles as a method of organization. Let us knoll with relentless enthusiasm. Let us show the world that life is better when like objects are neatly aligned. Enjoy guys!

    Leon Christopher Scott

    February 29, 2016
    Art, Art & Design
    90, alignment, art, awesome, cameras, degrees, design, knoll, knolling, minimalism
  • AI: WHAT IS HUMAN INTELLEGENCE?

    AI: WHAT IS HUMAN INTELLEGENCE?

    Hi all. This is the second installment of my AI series! If you haven’t read AI: Intro, you should hit that up before reading any further. It will explain the direction I am going in exploring advanced AI with you guys. Great, now that that’s out of the say. Lets get started 🙂 I wanna…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    February 28, 2016
    Arguement, Speculation, Techy Becky
  • CODE YOUR FUTURE: CODEACADEMY

    CODE YOUR FUTURE: CODEACADEMY

    For those of you who fear the inevitable robot takeover of blue-collar society, fear no more. You are a few free coding tutorials away from securing your place in the future employment economy. Hopefully you are reading this because you know that the world is becoming a supercomputer… Hopefully you realize that every mundane aspect…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    February 27, 2016
    News, Techy Becky
    bootcamp, codeacademy, coding bootcamp, computer, css, free, html, javascript, online, python, ruby, ruby on rails, simplicity, tech, technology, tutorial
  • AI: INTRO

    AI: INTRO

    Hey guys. It’s been 3 years sense I started Design That’s IT. I’ve had a fantastic time writing about the things that interest me the most in the design, tech, and business worlds. Thanks for sticking around through my unpredictable posting habits lol! I really value when people read these posts 🙂 So if you…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    November 23, 2015
    Arguement, News, Techy Becky
    ai, artificial intellegence, computers, computing, design, future, machine learning, technology
  • MY DESIGN: A STRANGE DESK

    MY DESIGN: A STRANGE DESK

    A two legged desk. I thought it might be interesting.

    Leon Christopher Scott

    November 21, 2015
    Art & Design
  • MY DESIGN: A PHONE

    MY DESIGN: A PHONE

    Good design is the work of a pirate. I acknowledge that my design looks like existing stuff. But I want to make it better.

    Leon Christopher Scott

    November 21, 2015
    Art & Design, Techy Becky
    art, awesome, cool, design, fun, industrial desing, iphone, phone, simplicity, technology
  • My Design: Exploration

    My Design: Exploration

    Hi Guys! As you know I’ve been doing freelance design sketches for quite some time now. I decided that I should have a core philosophy to my design process. So I quickly made one to help guide my design process. Good design is: Beautiful Simple Useful Human   I am still looking over this methodology,…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    November 21, 2015
    Art & Design
    art, awesome, cool, design, fun, simplicity, speakers
  • THE ULTIMATE LAPTOP

    THE ULTIMATE LAPTOP

    Perfection is impossible. Its an human asymptote. We have a general sense, in theory, what it should look like or how it should work… but it is literally impossible to reach as long as we operate as human beings. But that doesn’t mean we cannot get closer and closer. We can. lol this of course is…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    October 7, 2015
    Techy Becky
  • UI & UX: What Are You?

    UI & UX: What Are You?

    Designing a user interface for millions of people should be just as straining as designing a dress for the first lady

    Leon Christopher Scott

    September 3, 2015
    Art & Design, Techy Becky
    apple, buisness, communication design, computers, computing, design, google, grpahic design, microsoft, technology, user experience design, user interface, ux, visual design
  • My Design: Noodling

    My Design: Noodling

    I play the guitar. I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned this on my blog. But yes, I love music. I grew up, like most people my age, attending piano lessons and learning basic classical music. I was later introduced to Garage Band, and the piano became irrelevant to me. But I found solace with…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 23, 2015
    Art & Design
    art, creativity, design, guitar, improvisation, music, noodling, simplicity, sketching
  • People First Business

    People First Business

    Hey guys. You may be aware that this blog is comprised of three different yet connected alter-egos. Design, tech, and business. However I’ve been a little low on the business end…. So I’m going to ramp up business posts. First off, I would like you guys to meet my favorite CEO in the world at…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 19, 2015
    Buisness
    awesome, business, ceo, John Legere, leadership, mobile, simplicity, t-mobile, technology, wireless
  • E3: Hololens and MineCraft are Insane

    E3: Hololens and MineCraft are Insane

    Hey Guys… Yesterday, today, and tomorrow are the days of E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo hosted in CA. In short, its an event for the whole video game world to show what they have been working on for the past few years. I’ve tuned in to every E3 event sense 2008. I will post a…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 16, 2015
    Art, Art & Design, News, Techy Becky
    art, augmented reality, awesome, E3, electronics, entertainemnt, entertainment, expo, graphics, holograms, hololens, microsoft, minecraft, technology, Video Games
  • Knoll Away: 5

    Knolling is the process of arranging like objects in parallel or 90 degree angles as a method of organization. YAY! Let the knolling resume 🙂

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 13, 2015
    Art, Art & Design
    90, 90 degrees, design, knolling, like items lol
  • My Design: Earbud

    My Design: Earbud

    Bear with me guys. My passion for design stretches further then my sparatic commentary on D_T_I. I am actually trying to turn my passion for both design and tech and business into a career. And so I have been trying to refine my design skills for the past year or so. This is something I…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 12, 2015
    Art, Art & Design
    design, headphoens], headphones, modeling, product design, shadow, simplicity, sketching, tablet sketching
  • Art and Future

    Art and Future

    Art and Tech are best friends. Let me explain….

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 12, 2015
    Arguement, Art, Art & Design
    art, artistic, design, entertainment, future, imagery, microsoft, minimalism, moon, product design, simplicity, technology
  • Close for Comfort

    Close for Comfort

    Thank God for Google Drive. I’ve found another high school creative writing class poem. Enjoy 🙂 Inch closer And Cuff your cold hand around your nerveless ear Block the sounds from getting in The dark ocean whisperers its deepest secrets to you under oath the ripples are steady, but a storm is near says the…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 12, 2015
    Art
    breeze, creativity, design, dust, imagery, Ocean, poem, saw, saw dust, sensory, water, wind, window, writing
  • Two Visits in One Lifetime

    Two Visits in One Lifetime

    This will be a little unusual…. its a poem I wrote in high school. I just found it, and I love it. Enjoy.   I want three pancakes, no two pancakes, No….. I can’t wait to visit Grana, Afterwards we leave, we get pancakes. Dad said that Grana won’t be around for long, and That…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 12, 2015
    Art & Design
    art, design, detail, imagery, life, love, memories, pancakes, poem, sensory, technology
  • Not Good Enough

    Not Good Enough

    Originally posted on LIFETHATSIT: “I AM JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH!” Have you ever had this mindset? (You don’t have to raise your hand unless you want to lol.) I want to admit that I, Tiffany, have thought this a couple of times. Actually, maybe more than a couple. Let’s say occasionally. I think many people…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    June 3, 2015
    Uncategorized
  • Design Without Walls

    Design Without Walls

    How much more simple can a phone be? This is a question that I’m sure plagues any passionate industrial designer. In a sense, the constant goal of any designer is to further simplify on top of the design that was previously thought to be “autumnal simplicity”. I sympathize with a design team that is faced…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    May 16, 2015
    Uncategorized
    beauty, bezeless, computer science, computers, content, content first, design, display, future, graphic design, no distractions, phones, samsung, simplicity, technology, user experience, user interface
  • Drift away

    Drift away

    I recently downloaded Inkscape, which is a graphical and vector design software. Its free, and I thought it would be a good first tool to use to kick start my design profile. Right now I’m just learning the basics of the software. Its surprisingly capable, and really fun. Here’s something I came up with last…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    May 5, 2015
    Uncategorized
    ballons, computers, design, drift, fun, graphic design, inkscape, neon, scripes, simplicity
  • Early Bird

    Early Bird

    Hey Guys. I apologize for the wait. I have been really busy with school for the past three and months. I have three blog drafts that I’ve been working on. But in the mean time, I’d like to leave a small tip of advice. As you know, I am a huge advocate of simplicity in…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    March 29, 2015
    Arguement, Art & Design
    advice, morning, simplicity
  • Welcome to the Future

    Welcome to the Future

    Do we only see a revolution after it has passed? This is something I’ve wondered time and time again. I am so incredibly fortunate to have been born a few years before the turn of the millennium. Sony’s Walkman MP3 player had broken barriers for mobile computing and the laptop would soon do the same.…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    January 25, 2015
    Art & Design, Buisness, News, Speculation, Techy Becky
    augmented reality, awesome, buisness, design, future, hololens, microsoft, technology, Windows 10
  • Attention to Detail

    Attention to Detail

    I find it especially fascinating that the structure of our universe and its physical laws in nature hold so many revealing life lessons. I think that its so important that we remember to stay focused. Its those that do a lot of the small things right that make big impacts. Enjoy 🙂

    Leon Christopher Scott

    January 14, 2015
    Art & Design
    awesome, balance, design, detail, focus, lesson, performance, video
  • Design Spectacle

    Design Spectacle

    This is what happens when design is taken seriously

    Leon Christopher Scott

    January 13, 2015
    Art & Design, Buisness, Techy Becky
    audio, bang & olufsen, design, speakers, surround sound, technology, Youtube
  • Knoll Away: 4

    Knolling is the process of arranging like objects in parallel or 90 degree angles as a method of organization. YAY! Its such a great season for knolling. With the winter holidays around the corner, I tried to conjure up some merrily spirited knolls. Enjoy!

    Leon Christopher Scott

    December 3, 2014
    Art & Design
    90 degrees, design, fun, knolling, winter
  • This Will Make You Smile

    This Will Make You Smile

    So I just came upon this video roaming down my Facebook Feed. It made me smile and it should make you smile too. I enjoy when my perception is hacked and tampered with lol

    Leon Christopher Scott

    November 19, 2014
    Uncategorized
    commercial, cool, design, fun, funny, honda, illusion, marketing, percection, reality
  • Smartwatches of the Future: Apple Watch

    Smartwatches of the Future: Apple Watch

    I have been thinking about this post for a long time now, but I have been quite tied up the past few weeks. So much has happened in the ever evolving world of mobile tech: Samsung’s new suite of galaxy and gear fit products, Apple’s iPhone and Apple watch unveiling, and Microsoft’s Windows 10 to name…

    Leon Christopher Scott

    November 19, 2014
    Arguement, Art & Design, Buisness, Techy Becky
    android, android wear, apple, apple watch, computers, google, interface, moto 360, smartwatch, technology, user experience, watch
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