This document contains inspirational quotes from designers about design philosophies. It discusses how design can be both art and aesthetics, yet also simple and complicated. Several quotes emphasize focusing design on people by communicating ideas clearly and not ignoring users. Good design is described as organizing chaos, being obvious yet transparent, and solving problems by combining technology, science, and aesthetics to fulfill human needs. The document promotes designing with simplicity, intelligence, and renaissance attitudes.

1. 14
Inspiring
Design Philosophies

2. “Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so
simple, that's why it is so complicated”
- Paul Rand

3. “Focus and simplicity.
Simple can be harder
than complex: you
have to work hard to
get your thinking
clean to make it
simple. But it’s worth
it in the end, because
once you get there,
you can move
marathons ”
- Steve Jobs

4. “People ignore designs that ignores
people”
- Frank Chimero

5. “A design isn’t
finished until
somebody is
using it”
- Brenda Laurel

6. “Good designers can create normalcy
out of chaos; they can clearly
communicate ideas through the
organizing and manipulating of words
and pictures”
- Jeffery Veen

7. “A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense”
- Bruno Munari

8. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”
- Leonardo Da Vinci

9. “Design is the fundamental soul of
a human-made creation that ends
up expressing itself in successive
outer layers of the product or
service”
- Steve Jobs

10. “Design is intelligence made visible”
- Alina Wheeler

11. “Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent”
- Joe Soprano

12. “A common mistake that people make when
trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of
complete fools”
- Douglas Adams

13. “Design is a plan
for arranging
elements in such a
way as best to
accomplish a
particular
purpose”
- Charles Eames

14. “Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines
technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to
produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing”
- Paola Antonelli

16. At WebAble, we design to
solve problems!
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