Interface Design Quotes

Interface Design Quotes

Bits of inspiration from interface designers, architects, authors...

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
—Antoine De Saint-Exupery

“Truly elegant design incorporates top-notch functionality into a simple, uncluttered form.”
—David Lewis, 2006

“When you take technology and mix it with art, you always come up with something innovative.”
—Robert Rodriguez, 2006

“An enterprise's most vital assets lie in its design and other creative capabilities.”
—Samsung chairman Kun-Hee Lee, 2006

“Business success is always defined by the quality of the overall customer experience.”
—Forrester Research, 2001

“Websites that are hard to use frustrate customers, forfeit revenue and erode brands.”
—Forrester Research, 1998

“It's all about one thing: creative problem-solving to get the story out.”
—Robert Greenberg, R/GA, 2006

“The challenge is about taking things that are infinitely complex and making them simpler and more understandable.”
—Robert Greenberg, R/GA, 2006

“The product is the brand. You build brand in our industry through the product and the experience.”
—Jim Wicks, Motorola, 2006


“It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.”
—Steve Jobs, 1998