Great Artistry

"When there's no sense of possessiveness or ownership in the artistic process, great things happen."
Paul Budnitz
Owner, Kidrobot

Have Fun Make Money

"Have Fun Make Money"
Atari Recruitment Ad

An Idea Lives On

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."
John F. Kennedy
US President (1961-1963)

Make Better Copies

"If you can't innovate, make better copies."
Anonymous

Products, Ads and PR

"Ad campaigns are necessary for competition; IBM's ads are everywhere. But good PR educates people; that's all it is. You can't con people in this business. The products speak for themselves."
Steve Jobs
Founder, Apple

First Telephone

"It's (Macintosh Computer) the first telephone of our industry."
Steve Jobs
Founder, Apple

Expensive Etch A Sketch

"The Macintosh is the world's most expensive Etch A Sketch."
Apple Macintosh Critic

Free Design Mock-ups

"The other 12 agencies are giving us 3 concepts, 4 mock-ups each, by noon tomorrow. We'll decide who based on budget by 1. Timeline is tight as I said."
Prospective Client

The Designer & The Artist

"The artist owns his brief. The client owns the designer’s brief.
The art itself is the artist’s message. The product is the designer’s message.
The artist has one style. The designer has no style.
The artist expresses problems. The designer solves problems.
The artist prices his work after. The designer prices his work before.
The artist paints. The designer thinks of what the artist should paint.
The artist strokes his own ego. The designer strokes the ego of others.
Everyone pays for the artist's dinner. The designer pays for everyone's dinner.
Art looks beautiful. Design works beautiful.
There is high art. There is no high design.
You don’t have to get the art. You must get the design.
The artist doesn’t kiss butt. The designer is a slut.
The artist dies. The designer gets promoted to creative director.
Eventually the artist fades. Eventually the designer jades."
SPOON Blog

Design Misunderstood

"Design remains the most underutilized and misunderstood tool at the disposal of business."
Peter Lawrence
FastCompany.com

Design is about adopting someone else's problem

"Design is about adopting someone else's problem and dealing with it."
Ox Lee

Conceiving Good Ideas

The only thing better than conceiving good ideas is others acknowledging that they are indeed great ideas and you conceiving more good ideas in turn.
Ox Lee

Everyone will have the tools soon...

"Everyone will have the tools soon but not everyone should be using them."
Anonymous

Designer Speak

"One way to think of a designer is as somebody who has learned to speak a language that everyone understands but that the designer has been trained to speak."
Peter Lawrence
FastCompany.com

Think Different

"Think Different"
Apple Inc.

Simplicity

“Simplicity is the key to brilliance”
Bruce Lee

Brand Identity

"The goal in creating a brand identity is not just surface consistency but inner coherence."
Aubrey Balkind

Obey but Unbound

“Obey the principles without being bound by them.”
Bruce Lee

The Role Of Design

"Design plays an essential role in creating and building brands. Design differentiates and embodies the intangibles - emotion, context and essence that matter most to consumers."
Moira Cullen
Design Director, Coca Cola