Marc Newson Quotes

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.

When I design, I think about the desire someone might have for it and why. I want them to fall in love with it.

Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era.

Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.

The design should make the product speak to you.

I knew a lot about product design before coming to Apple, but I didn't understand a lot about consumer experience design, which is really Apple's forte.

There's a fundamental problem with how the software business does things. We're asking people who are masters of hard-edged technology to design the soft, human side of software as well. As a result, they make products that are really cool - if you happen to be a software engineer.

User-centered design means understanding what your users need, how they think, and how they behave - and incorporating that understanding into every aspect of your process.

It's not enough to have a hacker culture anymore. You have to have a design culture, too.

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

The point is that I don't design stuff for myself. I'm a toolmaker. I design things that other people want to use.

I had given a presentation on design and happiness for quite a long while at design conferences. I had found thinking about the topic helpful for my own practice, as it forced me to consider the fundamentals, and the feedback from the audience was always enthusiastic.

For much of its existence, design was all about convenience. We wanted to hide technology so that users are not distracted into thinking about the tools they use.

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

Design is people.

Integrating breakthrough technology into everyday products is always a challenge; at the same time, this is exactly how design makes tech products easily adoptable in life.

Design helps shape our everyday interactions through products, furniture, objects, or experiences.

I love to see technology from a design perspective and vice versa. I am a 'Desigineer.'

Good design makes a product understandable.

Problems with visual design can turn users off so quickly that they never discover all the smart choices you made with navigation or interaction design.

Simple and intuitive design is what inspires and drives me.

Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to business. Design means being good, not just looking good.

My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'

Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.