Joe Gebbia Quotes

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

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

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.

Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces.

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.

I love the idea of web design that maximises expressiveness over functionality.

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.'

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.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.

The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.

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

Great design alone isn't going to yield the results investors are expecting.

Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it's this veneer - that the designers are handed this box and told, 'Make it look good!' That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.

Products have to be designed in a way that they are comprehensible.

Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.

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.

We found a way to make things look great to the human eye through the window of a graphical web browser without worrying about what everything looked like under the hood.

Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.

Accessible design is good design.

Design is nothing if not decision making.

Put simply, if an interface is poorly designed, I will not see the data I looked for, even if it is right there on the page.

Things that are ultimately complex must have a simple end user experience if they are to be successful.