When it comes to design, beauty boils down to two things: fulfilling a function well and bringing joy. In other words, beauty in design is less about aesthetic beauty and more about how well it helps us perform certain tasks.
Alan Moore
A British designer, artist, and entrepreneur. Advised companies such as Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, and Coca Cola.
Beauty
Design Principles
Good Design
Progress bars help make wait times tolerable, regardless of their accuracy.
Wizards of UX
This quote is hard to attribute to one particular person as it is a generally accepted piece of advice repeated by many. It is part of the collective wisdom of Wizards of UX!
Animations
Design Principles
IxD
Timing
There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?
Zaha Hadid
A British Iraqi architect from Baghdad. The "Queen of the curve", who liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity
Creativity
Creativity & Ideas
If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an “information architect” and only use Helvetica.
David Carson
An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.