Quotes on Design

Wihan Meerholz

Chris Coyier — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:52:08 +0000

Tell it like it is, in a way they want to hear it.

Tom Bissel

Chris Coyier — Sat, 11 May 2013 17:42:11 +0000

To create anything–whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom–is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.

Charles Eames

Chris Coyier — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:11:15 +0000

Never let the blood show.

Bob Ross

Chris Coyier — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:00:58 +0000

Talent is a pursued interest. In other words, anything you are willing to practice, you can do.

Lisa Manson

Chris Coyier — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:26:51 +0000

If you want a quick logo that has no research, brand definition or storytelling as part of its development, then you are buying ART not DESIGN. Design creates connections.

Karen McGrane

Chris Coyier — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:25:58 +0000

Give a crap. Don’t give a fuck.

Jessica Hische

Chris Coyier — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:23:52 +0000

Every new thing you make will be (should be) the nicest thing you’ve made so far, because you’re learning and getting better with each and every new project.

Stephanie Rieger

Chris Coyier — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:22:10 +0000

The most valued products will be designed to live beyond the device, context, or technology they were originally intended for.

Nicholas Petersen

Chris Coyier — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:08:42 +0000

Good design is finding a solution to a problem. Great design is finding the simplest solution to the same problem.

Seth Godin

Chris Coyier — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:41:33 +0000

When we think of design, we usually imagine things that are chosen because they are designed. Vases or comic books or architecture…

It turns out, though, that most of what we make or design is actually aimed at a public that is there for something else. The design is important, but the design is not the point. Call it “public design”…

Public design is for individuals who have to fill out our tax form, interact with our website or check into our hotel room despite the way it’s designed, not because of it.