Alex White

Society has not improved the landscape by overfilling it with construction. Neither does a designer improved a page by overfilling it with content.

A cofounder of the MillerWhite School of Design and Chairman of the Type Directors Club.

Design & Arts

Design Principles
Space
White Space

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Rules can be broken – but never ignored.

David Jury

A writer, award-winning graphic designer and the head of the MA course of Art at the Colchester Institute.

Creativity & Ideas
Design Principles

The level of control provided by a system should be related to the proficiency and experience levels of the people using the system.

William Lidwell

The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.

Design Principles
UI Design

White space is like a statuesque calm just before an ice skater begins a routine. It sets into perfect contrast animation that follows.

Kenneth J. Hiebert

A professor of graphic design at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Space

A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

Dieter Rams

A German industrial designer closely associated with functionalist school of industrial design.

Design Principles
Industrial Design

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