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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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

A big definition of who you are as a designer is the way you look at the world. And I guess one of the curses of what you do, is you are constantly looking at something and thinking, ‘Why? Why is it like that? Why is it like that and not like this?’

Jony Ive

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

Design Skills
Design Thinking
Product Design

Awareness of your own limits will allow you to be as effective as possible within them.

Erika Hall

Design consultant & co-founder of the famous Mule Design Studio. Erika is also known as an insightful speaker & writer on the topics of UX research & design.

Critical Thinking
Design Thinking
Self-Improvment
UX Research

Showing your colleagues and clients the messy design process can be a bit like making sausage: sometimes it can ruin their appetite for the meal.

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

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