Chip Kidd - “getting recognition means you get to drink higher quality alcohol”.
More graphic designers need to get the credit they deserve for the work that they've done.
Linda Tischler – Design of Central Park by Frederick Law Olmsted. Harmony due to the design of all the people who use the park.
What problem should design solve next – Subprime mortgage crisis...supersize houses. Landscape of housing that doesn't serve our needs. Future design? Smaller houses with exquisite design. Green design. Community design.
Erik Spiekermann – Design – invention of the alphabet. Garmon typeface original. Meta and Meta Serif by Spiekermann. Designer thrives on constraints. Artists are allowed to go anywhere. They do not work for others. HAHA oh the last thing he says...go watch.
Brian Deputy – Design transcends with a chair. Mold plywood to the shape of the body. Aluminum is cast. Leather is a covering. Form and function are melded beautifully.
Problem – Design doesn't solve problems, people do. Design motivates and causes people to act. If the design works than any problem is solved.
Nathan Shedroff – Design – Nutrition Facts label. Clear and easy to use. Amount and type of information to the public for the first time. Impacts people's lives everyday. It may seem utilitarianism because it has zero ornamentation. It does, however, allow people to change their diet by letting them see what they are going to put into their bodies.
Problem – Shape new economics indicators. Create an economy that reflects our values. Source of destruction is great for the country... Designers create models and create possible solutions. Designers should help business people come to better models that will help make policies that lead to a better life.
As for me? An example of good design is probably the qwerty keyboard. Have you ever thought about how much time went into deciding where to place the letters? Or how far about they needed to be? Or the person who decided keeping your fingers based on the "home" keys? Just a very smart design.
A problem design can solve...cell phone GUIs. They have gotten better at it, but come one...there are still a lot of problems. I think they need to stop relying on the programmers and get some great designers in there. Yea the iphone is probably the closest to being good...but it still needs work. The organization of web information on a phone is ridiculous. We should get the whole internet with out sacrficing legibility. Sweet you can zoom in...it zooms out every refresh. Plus if you zoom in, you lose the whole picture of the site. I think somehow this can be resolved.
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