Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

It is better to be good than to be original.

Architect and the last director of the Bauhaus, a seminal school in modern architecture.

Architecture
Design & Arts

Creativity & Ideas
Living Spaces

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As we get more technically driven, the importance of people becomes more than it’s ever been before. You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.

David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

Creativity & Ideas
Experience
Technology

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

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

Collective Thinking
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Making Mistakes

Rules can be broken – but never ignored.

David Jury

A writer, award-winning graphic designer and the head of the MA course of Art at the Colchester Institute.

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Design Principles

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

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