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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.

Jakob Nielsen
Jakob Nielsen

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

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  • 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
Alan Cooper

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

  • Design & Arts
  • UX Design
  • Design Thinking
  • IxD
  • UI Design
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I start with the laugh and work backwards from there.

Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey

English actor, comedian, musician and singer. Known for creative ways of incorporating music into his comedy.

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  • Creativity & Ideas
  • Design Thinking
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If value goes out to the people who use the product, it’s highly likely that value will come back to the creator. Value out equals value back in.

Joe Natoli
Joe Natoli

UX designer who writes books, runs podcast and teaches public about designing and building great products that deliver meaningful user experience (UX).

  • Design & Arts
  • Design Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Value Proposition
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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
Jony Ive

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

  • Design & Arts
  • Design Skills
  • Design Thinking
  • Product Design
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In general, design failures are caused by lack of thought, not by malicious intent.

Donald A. Norman
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.

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  • Bad UX Design
  • Design Thinking
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If we design and construct products in such a way that the people who use them achieve their goals, these people will be satisfied, effective, and happy and will gladly pay for the products and recommend that others do the same.

Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper

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

  • Design & Arts
  • Design Thinking
  • Industrial Design
  • Product Development
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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
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.

  • Design & Arts
  • Complexity
  • Design Process
  • Design Thinking
  • Product Development
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Everything has to be validated. If something can’t be explained, it gets the boot. This may be the only unbreakable rule in my office.

Theo Rosendorf
Theo Rosendorf

A graphic designers and author of the book "The Typographic Desk Reference".

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  • UX Design
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All it takes to turn potential hindsight into happy foresight is keeping your eyes open and asking the right questions. Failing isn’t the only way to learn.

Erika Hall
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.

  • UX Design
  • Critical Thinking
  • Design Thinking
  • UX Research
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