Visual Design Quotes

Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

I'm the creative director of awesomeness.

The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.

I had always wanted to expand to beauty, but I knew I wanted to be able to translate my design aesthetic in an authentic way.

As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry.

I thought I would be a visual artist when I was growing up, so I'm always up for a bit of experimentation.

Design is nothing if not decision making.

Consistent style prevents presentation from getting in the way of content.

You must have the ability to recognize good design and good user experience. These are core things at Airbnb. It doesn't matter which department you're in.

When you go to a site, you usually run into usability problems pretty quickly. They're not hidden. They're not complicated. They're not baffling. They were in the design or crept into the design.

We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them.

Look at how many times we've improved on the Game Boy Advance in terms of the look, the feel, screen changes, and everything else. We believe that type of constant innovation is critical to driving this industry, and certainly if you look at the world wide sales of Game Boy Advance, I don't think anyone would disagree.

Our style, in one word, the Image guys, our approach to the page was bold.

I'm not an art director; I'm just not. I've always been somebody who has a sensibility that I hope is the same sensibility of others.

The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chessboard, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem

We've carried that over into the visual development as well. We've designed quite an exotic cast of characters, but the last thing we want is to dictate to the players how their PCs should look. What we want to do is inspire.

I've found that people who design computers don't know a lot about displays.

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

Generally the aesthetics of broadcast journalism seem to me to be incredibly primitive.

When you say 'design,' everybody thinks of magazine pages. So it's an emotive word. Everybody thinks it's how something looks, whereas for me, design is pretty much everything.

Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is 'on paper.'

Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing.

I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.

Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual.