I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
I never design a building before I've seen the site and met the people who will be using it.
Art is an idea that has found its perfect visual expression. And design is the vehicle by which this expression is made possible. Art is a noun, and design is a noun and also a verb. Art is a product and design is a process. Design is the foundation of all the arts.
If you remember the shape of your spoon at lunch, it has to be the wrong shape. The spoon and the letter are tools; one to take food from the bowl, the other to take information off the page... When it is a good design, the reader has to feel comfortable because the letter is both banal and beautiful.
Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era.
Design means being good, not just looking good.
The design process, at its best, integrates the aspirations of art, science, and culture.
The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.
Design is the application of intent - the opposite of happenstance, and an antidote to accident.
A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures.
Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt... or in front of a piece of graphic design.
The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.
Type design moves at the pace of the most conservative reader. The good type-designer therefore realizes that, for a new font to be successful, it has to be so good that only very few recognize its novelty.
Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance.
Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to -business. Design means being good, not just looking good.
A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.
Perfume has a long and fascinating history and the beautifully crafted bottles used to store it over the centuries demonstrate its importance. Each has mirrored the latest tastes in fashion technology, design and art.
We're able to influence younger generations on design and art. They might not have realized they were an artist.
The contributions that one makes in typography, design, and art in general cannot be, and must not be measured on how much money is involved. That would lead to total chaos. The word itself (contribution) is to give to a common purpose.
I have to perfect my beard every morning and it takes a long time. I think a lot of musicians are into graphic design and art. I decided to be a little bit of an artist on my face.
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