If designers and researchers do not sometimes fail, it is a sign that they are not trying hard enough—they are not thinking the great creative thoughts that will provide breakthroughs in how we do things. It is possible to avoid failure, to always be safe. But that is also the route to a dull, uninteresting life.
Donald A. Norman
An American researcher, professor, and author (The Design of Everyday Things). As Apple’s User Experience Architect (90's), he became the first person to have UX in his job title.
Creativity & Ideas
Flops & Failures
As we get more technically driven, the importance of people becomes more than it’s ever been before. You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.
David Carson
An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.
Creativity & Ideas
Experience
Technology
It is better to be good than to be original.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architect and the last director of the Bauhaus, a seminal school in modern architecture.
Creativity & Ideas
Living Spaces
If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an “information architect” and only use Helvetica.
David Carson
An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.