Designer Quotes

 “The goal of design is to raise the expectation of what design can be.” -Paula Scher               “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs… Continue Reading →

”Art is anything you can get away with.” — Marshall McLuhan “Good design is like a refrigerator—when it works, no one notices, but when it doesn’t, it sure stinks.” — Irene Au “Get rid of everything that is not essential… Continue Reading →

“As a designer, you think you know about art, but that rigorous process of who you are and ‘why do you want to do this?’ is not incumbent upon you as a designer. You know about art by looking in… Continue Reading →

“No artist wants to be perceived as a regurgitator.” Saul Bass           “Follow your heart. You have to combine design with passion, otherwise, there’s no reason to be a designer.” Louise Fili       “Information… Continue Reading →

“I never like to take the easy road. I like to provoke, to be perverse.” Vaughan Oliver “You don’t have to shout to get someone’s attention.” Louise Fili “Different purpose demands different style.” Lucian Bernhard

“Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible.”  –Don Norman   “It’s through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have… Continue Reading →

Kiyoshi Awazu “Extend the rural into the city, foreground the folklore, reawaken the past, summon back the outdated.”   Muriel Cooper “Information is only useful when it can be understood.”   Reid Miles “Typography can be broken apart and form… Continue Reading →