Peifolio

DEC. 08, 2025

Something funny to mentioned. Or not that funny after all. We watched the movie “Jurassic World Rebirth” at home last Sunday night. We could not find Mello next to me after the TV was turned off. I started to search her room by room after confirming that it was not normal since she even didn’t respond after we call her names, and something like this had never happened. Then, we found out she was hiding under our bed. Poor little one, who was scared by the weird creature in the movie obviously.

Watching Jurassic movies has became a tradition recently, but the discovery will never stop if you pay attention to the surrounding. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs was found during my research. And it is more interesting to match the design process with his theory.

Starting with functionality, the hierarchy in design goes with reliability, usability, proficiency and creativity, in that order. However, I feel the order is not necessary since every design job will need to balance on the need. Some might put more weight on creativity and some might prefer proficiency. It all depends on the needs and the subjective or objective factors.

Within the messy options, this hierarchy of needs brings rational aspect to design, and it makes sense when we make design judgements. The design work should serve the basic needs first, then move on. Without a good communication base, creativity becomes less important in most cases.

Without action, nothing we talked about above will happen. I am always lack of action, I think too much and have done a little. This quote helps me, it might help you as well. “Action produces information.” This kills my excuse for waiting, I wait for the clues for next step, I wait for the permission to move forward. It is like on the running track, I wait for a signal before I can run. This quote release me from self-conflict. Just do it, and see what will happen, and do not be afraid to make mistakes.