Undesigned Web
The Undesigned Web will facilitate critical thinking, sharing information and disseminating knowledge more widely than has ever been previously possible. That’s because it will be easier than ever to separate content from the, ahem, bullshit with which it is frequently cloaked.
Wired reposted an Atlantic article on the supposed death of design in the modern age of gadgets like the iPad, Kindle, etc and software like Instapaper. While the old notions of print and web design are certainly fading away, the essay goes on to clarify that its more of a shift from Design to design (emphasis on the capital) or even a push for undesigned content.
The thinking is that as we move from reading on fixed devices to reading on multiple, reconfigurable devices, content will have to be ever easier to re-contextualize and repackage to suit the given gadget or app. A very keen observation and entirely true: as anyone who has ever used Flipboard knows all too well, even a mundane Facebook post looks better when gussied up as a digital magazine piece.