A brilliant solution to the wrong problem can be worse than no solution at all: solve the correct problem.
Donald A. Norman
An American researcher, professor, and author (The Design of Everyday Things). As Apple’s User Experience Architect (90's), he became the first person to have UX in his job title.
Design Thinking
Problem Solving
Usability
UX Design
When the point of contact between the product and the people becomes a point of friction, then the designer has failed. On the other hand, if people are made safer, more comfortable, more eager to purchase, more efficient — or just happier — by contact with the product, then the designer has succeeded.
Henry Dreyfuss
An American industrial engineer, renowned for designing and improving the usability of consumer products such as Hoover vacuum cleaner or the tabletop telephone.
Design Thinking
Industrial Design
Usability
UX Design
Your objective should always be to eliminate instructions entirely by making everything self-explanatory, or as close to it as possible. When instructions are absolutely necessary, cut them back to the bare minimum.
Steve Krug
A usability consultant (Apple, Netscape, AOL, Lexus) and a highly sought-after speaker on usability design.
UI Design
Usability
UX Design
To design desktop-first is like trying to put a marshmallow into a piggy bank, which is neither simple, nor beautiful.
Joel Marsh
UX designer who uses behavioural science to create products and services used by over half-a-billion people, worldwide.