Susan Kare quotes
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“And with it all, good design's not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start.—
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“People say graphic design is so different now, because you have so many more pixels and colors to work with... But when you study art history, you see there's just nothing new under the sun. Mosaics and needlework, it's all analogous to pixel and bitmap art. And with it all, good design's not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start.”
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“I don't use work from the past as a literal guide; rather, those artifacts reinforce a view that simple images can communicate with wide audiences over time. Icon design is like solving a puzzle, trying to marry an image and idea that, ideally, will be easy for people to understand and remember.”
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“When you study art history, you learn that there is very little that is completely new, and in many ways digital art is no different. I love to derive inspiration from all types of images: mosaics, hieroglyphics, petroglyphs, woven patterns in textiles, and needlework. There is a lot of very good "pixel" design work before the 20th century, like a 1760 sampler by Elizabeth Laidman that looks like a bitmap font.”
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Source : A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com
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“The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.”
Source : "1000 Chairs". Book by Carlotte & Peter Fiell (p. 66), 2005.
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“Not all design is for the general good.”
Source : ""Not all design is for the general good," says MoMA's Paola Antonelli". Interview with Gabrielle Kennedy, www.dezeen.com. May 15, 2014.
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