I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.
—Saul Bass
Posts Tagged ‘Design’
Many signs used in the past are striking be reason of their strict observance of form. Often they are based on a circle, a square, a triangle or the combination of these basic shapes.
—Josef Muller-Brockmann
Human activity itself has, since the earliest times, been distinguished by the quest for order. Even the most ancient of peoples created ornaments with mathematical forms of great beauty.
—Josef Muller-Brockmann
I prefer design by experts — by people who know what they are doing.
—Donald Norman
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
—Bertrand Russell
Each time a new technology comes along, new designers make the same horrible mistakes as their predecessors. Technologists are not noted for learning from the errors of the past. They look forward, not behind, so they repeat the same problems over and over again.
—Donald Norman
It is very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.
—Jonathan Ive
The quieter you become, the more you hear.
—Baba Ram Dass
A design should have some tension and some expression in itself. I like to compare it with the lines on a football field. It is a strict grid.
In this grid you play a game and these can be nice games or very boring games.
—Wim Crouwel
The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his personal style. But one must learn how to use the grid; it is an art that requires practice.
—Josef Muller-Brockmann