Gothamist: Lipsticking the Pig

Tom Karlo

Wed, 28 May 2003 22:01:44 -0500

Haven't heard that one, but I know that there were uses in interface/product/usability design that date earlier than that. The Design of Everyday Objects (Norman) comes to mind.

jhtnyc25

Wed, 28 May 2003 13:19:12 -0500

i think the phrase is actually from banking. i know elliot spitzer had some emails from henry blodgett talking about a crappy company they were going to cover, and his research effort was described as putting lipstick on the pig.

jake

Wed, 28 May 2003 12:46:32 -0500

i hate that expression- it's so much disgusting market-ese. They use expressions like that around here all the time- it's like "rearchitecting" or "business transformation"- i feel ill.