Design Quotes - page 28

Because, ultimately, we can't just think of algorithms in isolation. We have to think of the failings of the people who design them - and the danger to those they are supposedly designed to serve. (Hannah Fry)
History is littered with examples of objects and inventions with a power beyond their professed purpose. Sometimes it's deliberately and maliciously factored into their design, but at other times, it's a result of thoughtless omissions. View quote
Hannah Fry
Are we in a dream?” Lebret asked. "Might we actually be dead and in some afterlife?” "How could we test either supposition?” the scientist asked, with characteristic practical-mindedness. "What conceivable experiment could we design to falsify such a claim? View quote
Adam Roberts
I majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, although I never had any intention of being an illustrator and didn't take any classes in illustration there. It was just that the illustration degree had no requirements. View quote
Brian Selznick
Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing. View quote
Ice Cube
Wellness is not a 'medical fix' but a way of living - a lifestyle sensitive and responsive to all the dimensions of body, mind, and spirit, an approach to life we each design to achieve our highest potential for well-being now and forever. View quote
Greg Anderson
The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few from the trivial many, eliminates the non-essentials, and then removes obstacles so the essential things have clear, smooth passage. In other words, Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost effortless. View quote
Greg McKeown
Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.' View quote
Daniel Dennett
Carry a notebook and write down examples of good and poor design. After a week, you'll begin to realize that nearly everything is the product of a design decision. View quote
Daniel H. Pink
Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener. View quote
Daniel H. Pink
Health care is a design problem. Dependence on foreign oil is a design problem. To some extent, poverty is a design problem. We need design thinkers to solve those problems, and most people who are in positions of political power are not design thinkers, to put it mildly. (Daniel H. Pink)
Market design is about understanding the details of markets in sufficient detail so that we can help fix them when they are broken. View quote
Alvin E. Roth
I buy wine according to the bottle design. After I get down the first glass it all tastes okay to me so I figure you go for something classy to look at on the table. View quote
Janet Evanovich
Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it's decoration. View quote
Jeffrey Zeldman
Don't worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop. View quote
Jeffrey Zeldman
Good Web design is about the character of the content, not the character of the designer. View quote
Jeffrey Zeldman
Content informs design; design without content is decoration. View quote
Jeffrey Zeldman
Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity. View quote
Jeffrey Zeldman
CSS is the design language of the web, and it is not as easy to use as it ought to be, and it can be confusing, especially if you are new to it. View quote
Jeffrey Zeldman
At one point, I was blogging prodigiously, in the late '90s; and I was getting, like, millions of pages because I was, like, one of the only people writing about web design, and I was always writing about web design. View quote
Jeffrey Zeldman
If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom. If you wanted to create a business environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a cubicle. And if you wanted to change things, you might have to tear down both and start over. (John Medina)
You cannot understand good design if you do not understand people; design is made for people. View quote
Dieter Rams
Good design is as little design as possible. Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity. View quote
Dieter Rams
Good design is innovative 2. Good design makes a product useful 3. Good design is aesthetic 4. Good design makes a product understandable 5. Good design is unobtrusive 6. Good design is honest 7. Good design is long-lasting 8. Good design is thorough, down to the last detail 9. Good design is environmentally friendly 10. Good design is as little design as possible. View quote
Dieter Rams
One of the most significant design principles is to omit the unimportant in order to emphasize the important. View quote
Dieter Rams