Good design is about making other designers feel like idiops because that idea wasn't theirs.

German designer
Helmut Schmidt (c. 1995)
Hamburg

Design is not just what you see, but what you make others feel and experience.

American graphic designer
Paula Scher (c. 2002)
New York

The public is more familiar with bad design than good design.

Modernist designer
Paul Rand (c. 1980)
New York

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a purpose.

Architect & designer
Charles Eames (1972)
Los Angeles

Every great design begins with an even better story about why it exists.

Graphic designer
Aaron Draplin (c. 2015)
Portland

Design is where science and art break even and balance out perfectly.

Design theorist
Robin Mathew (c. 2008)
London

Good design is all about making other people feel comfortable and understood.

Digital design pioneer
Clement Mok (c. 1999)
San Francisco