Quotes that will spark design thinking

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Quotes That Will Spark
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“ We can’t solve problems by
using the same kind of
thinking we used when we
created them.”
Albert Einstein
Problems
Solution
New ways
of
Thinking
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Design is not the
narrow application of
formal skills, it is a way
of thinking.
Chris Pullman
Image source: Pixabay
3

“The most important
part of design is
finding all the issues
to be resolved. The
rest are details.”
Soumeet Lanka
Image source: Wikimedia
4

“Creativity is to discover a
question that has never been
asked. If one brings up an
idiosyncratic question, the
answer he gives will
necessarily be unique as
well.”
Kenya Hara
5

“Good design begins
with honesty, asks
tough questions, comes
from collaboration and
from trusting your
intuition.”
Freeman Thomas
6

“Design creates culture.
Culture shapes values.
Values determine the
future.”
Robert L. Peters
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7

“Design is in
everything we make,
but it's also between
those things. It's a
mix of craft, science,
storytelling,
propaganda, and
philosophy.”
Erik Adigard
8

When you’re
curious, you find
lots of interesting
things to do.
Walt Disney
Image source: Fluckr
9

“Design is directed toward
human beings. To design is to
solve human problems by
identifying them, examining
alternate solutions to them,
choosing and executing the
best solution.”
Ivan Chermayeff
10

I'll take material
around me, materials
on my table, and work
with them as I'm
searching for an idea
that works.
Frank Gehry
Image source: Unsplash
11

“The goal of a designer is to
listen, observe, understand,
sympathize, empathize,
synthesize, and glean insights
that enable him or her to
‘make the invisible visible.’
Hillman Curtis
Image source: Flickr
12

“Every self-respecting designer
should do something. Come up
with new ideas, dust down old
ideas and place them in a new
context. Silence the cynics. Let the
politicians know that wheeling and
dealing achieves little. Prove that
actions speak louder than words.
Demonstrate the power of design.
Designers can do more than make
things pretty. Design is more than
perfume, aesthetics and trends.”
Richard van der Laken
Image credit: Flickr
13

“How well we
communicate is
determined not by
how well we say
things, but how well
we are understood.”
Andrew Grove
Image source: Pexel
14

“Fail often so
you can succeed
sooner”
Tom Kelley
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15

“It’s not ‘us versus them’ or even
‘us on behalf of them.’ For a
design thinker it has to be ‘us
with them'”
Tim Brown
Us Them
Vs
Us With Them
FROM
TO
16

“Some people think
design means how it
looks. But of course, if
you dig deeper, it’s really
how it works”
Steve Jobs
Image credit: Ray Sensenbach
17

“Design is where
science and art
break even.”
Robin Mathew
18

“You can't connect the
dots looking forward; you
can only connect them
looking backwards. So
you have to trust that the
dots will somehow
connect in your future.”
Steve Jobs
19

“So that is the design process
or the creative process. Start
with a problem, forget the
problem, the problem reveals
itself or the solution reveals
itself and then you re-evaluate
it. This is what you are doing
all the time. ”
Paul Rand
20

“Good design is making something intelligible
and memorable. Great design is making
something memorable and meaningful.”
Dieter Rams
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21

“Only when the
design fails does it
draw attention to
itself; when it
succeeds, it’s
invisible.”
John D. Berry
22

“It is not enough that we build
products that function, that are
understandable and usable, we also
need to build products that bring joy
and excitement, pleasure and fun,
and, yes, beauty to people’s lives.”
Don Norman
23

“The dumbest mistake is
viewing design as something
you do at the end of the
process to ‘tidy up’ the mess,
as opposed to understanding
it’s a ‘day one’ issue and part
of everything.”
Tom Peterson
24

“Design must reflect the
practical and aesthetic in
business but above all...
good design must
primarily serve people.”
Thomas J. Watson
25

“Create your own visual
style… let it be unique
for yourself and yet
identifiable for others.”
Orson Welles
Image source: Pexel
26

“A designer knows he has
achieved perfection not
when there is nothing left
to add, but when there is
nothing left to take away.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
27

“If you can
design one
thing, you can
design
everything.”
Massimo
Vignelli
Image source: Pexels
28

“Don’t design for
everyone. It’s
impossible. All you end
up doing is designing
something that makes
everyone unhappy.”
Leisa Reichelt
29

A design isn't
finished until
somebody is
using it.
Brenda Laurel
30

You can learn from the past
but you can't continue to be
in the past; history is not a
substitute for imagination.
Frank Gehry
31

For me everyday is a new
thing. I approach every
project with a new
insecurity, almost like the
first project I ever did.
Frank Gehry
32

Train people well
enough so they
can leave, treat
them well
enough so they
don't want to.
Richard Branson
33

Design is the silent
ambassador of your
brand.
Paul Rand
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“There are three responses to
a piece of design – yes, no, and
WOW! Wow is the one to aim
for.”
Milton Glaser
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