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Barry Schwartz – People think more creatively and expansively when they are happy

All other things being equal, it’s better to be happy than not

Despite our romantic images of suffering geniuses who have enriched our civilization, creative by day and tormented by night, there is a growing body of evidence that people think more creatively and expansively when they’re happy than when they’re not.

Source: The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (Book) by Barry Schwartz

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  • Mood & Sentiment
  • Psychology
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A fundamental part of creative process is making mistakes together. There’s no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.

Jony Ive
Jony Ive

Former Chief Design Officer of Apple, currently serving as a Chancellor of the Royal College of Art.

  • Design & Arts
  • Collective Thinking
  • Creativity & Ideas
  • Making Mistakes
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The right idea is often the opposite of the obvious.

Alex F. Osborn
Alex F. Osborn

An American advertising executive and the author of the creativity technique named brainstorming.

  • Design & Arts
  • Marketing & Advertising
  • Creativity & Ideas
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There is always an easy solution to every problem—neat, plausible and wrong.

Henry L. Mencken
Henry L. Mencken

An American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary movements.

  • Design & Arts
  • Problem Solving
  • Simplicity
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People are more tolerant of minor usability issues when the design of a product or service is aesthetically pleasing.

Jon Yablonski
Jon Yablonski

Jon Yablonski is a user experience designer and front-end web developer based in Detroit. His focus is to make complex technology simple and intuitive through rigorous user research and interaction design.

  • Design & Arts
  • Aesthetics
  • Laws of UX
  • The Value of Design
  • UX Design
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Everything has to be validated. If something can’t be explained, it gets the boot. This may be the only unbreakable rule in my office.

Theo Rosendorf
Theo Rosendorf

A graphic designers and author of the book "The Typographic Desk Reference".

  • Design & Arts
  • Design Thinking
  • UX Design
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The level of control provided by a system should be related to the proficiency and experience levels of the people using the system.

William Lidwell
William Lidwell

The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.

  • Design & Arts
  • Design Principles
  • UI Design
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If we design and construct products in such a way that the people who use them achieve their goals, these people will be satisfied, effective, and happy and will gladly pay for the products and recommend that others do the same.

Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper

An American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic".

  • Design & Arts
  • Design Thinking
  • Industrial Design
  • Product Development
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If you’re a baker, making bread, you’re a baker. If you make the best bread in the world, you’re not an artist, but if you bake the bread in the gallery, you’re an artist. So the context makes the difference.

Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović

A Serbian conceptual and performance artist, philanthropist, writer, and film-maker.

  • Design & Arts
  • Marketing & Advertising
  • Art
  • Context
  • Market Positioning
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The difference between a good designer and a great designer is in their ability to articulate how their solution solves the problem in a way that’s compelling, fosters agreement, and gets the support needed to move forward.

Tom Greever
Tom Greever

An experienced product and design leader with a successful track record leading product and UX design teams from strategy to delivery. Author of the book Articulating Design Decisions.

  • Design & Arts
  • UX Design
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
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