Jakob Nielsen

A door may afford pulling or pushing, depending on which way it opens. When a person can see in advance whether to pull or push the door to open it, that’s a good user interface.

A former Sun Microsystems Engineer and "The world's leading expert on Web usability" (www.useit.com).

Design & Arts

Design Thinking
UI Design

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The path to a clean, complete, well-considered product is messy, messy, messy.

Leah Buley

A veteran of the experience design industry, author of the book The User Experience Team of One, and VP of Experience at Publicis Sapient.

Complexity
Design Process
Design Thinking
Product Development

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

Our goal isn’t to make money. This may sound a little flippant, but it’s the truth. Our goal and what gets us excited is to try to make great products. We trust that if we are successful people will like them, and if we are operationally competent we will make revenue, but we are very clear about our goal.

Jony Ive

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

Design Thinking
Money
Motivation
Product Design

One of the eternal conundrums of interaction and interface design is how to address the needs of both beginning users and expert users with a single, coherent interface.

Alan Cooper

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

Design Thinking
IxD
UI Design

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