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Yes, design can make you happy.
Everybody thinks they are right
You're authentic when you're honest.
Having guts always works out for me.
To touch somebody’s heart with design.
Everyone who is honest is interesting.
Work your ass off. Don't be an asshole.
Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.
Keeping a diary supports personal development.
Ensure it feels like it's made by humans, for humans.
Peter Noever is a pain in the ass and a joy in the heart.
Hobbies are for people that don't like what they're doing.
Any excuse to get away from the computer screen is welcome.
Whenever I do overcome my inherent fear, it turns out well.
Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on.
I didnt think that personal style had much value in graphic design.
I didn't think that personal style had much value in graphic design.
So whatever I find true for myself, other people might also relate to.
My diary entries allow me to keep track of all the things I would like to change about my life.
I have done enough bullshit lately, I just have to make time for something better. Something good.
You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt... or in front of a piece of graphic design.
To be a good designer, you would need to have deep and far-reaching interests outside of the profession.
The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains ones body?
I'm actually quite critical of the storytelling theme. I think all the storytellers are not storytellers.
The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains one's body?
There are brands out there in the world that have an incredible influence on the culture. Numerous ones are badly done.
People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers.
It's much more difficult to make an unbound book than a bound book, because the factories aren't set up to make an unbound book.
I discovered that I never really used Helvetica but I like to look at it. I like the VW beetle, too, although I've never driven one.
You could say that bad typography brought us the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, the housing crisis and a good number of other things.
I had discovered that I'm much less special than I thought I am. So whatever I find true for myself, other people might also relate to.
Trying to always be the nice guy, to appear good, can be limiting. Avoiding confrontation has closed up a number of possibilities for me.
To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.
I don't think there is a particular responsibility on designers that is not on other professions... I think there's a responsibility for all of us to engage on all levels.
Some people said, 'Oh you're going to become a fine artist now and do exhibits and stuff.' But I have no desire to do that. I really like design and I'm going to stay with it.
I think it's ultimately inhuman to only see things for their functionality. We want things to be more than that. The desire for beauty is something that's in us, and it's not trivial.
Being in a foreign place, preferably for the first time, having seen many things and collected new impressions, and returning to an empty hotel room with an hour or so to blow. That mix often yields fine results.
I myself am doing a full year of experiments every seven years, but I'm sure many other divisions are possible, depending on the field, the possibilities, and personal preferences. One hour a day or a day a week.
My granddad wanted to become a sign painter and designer, but was stopped; my dad would have had a real talent for language, but was stopped. When I expressed a desire to become a graphic designer, I was not stopped.
By far, the most determining factor of any brand is the product or the service the company produces. Branding companies have very rarely any significant influence on that, but it is, of course, in their interest to amplify their importance.
It is very important to embrace failure and to do a lot of stuff — as much stuff as possible — with as little fear as possible. It’s much, much better to wind up with a lot of crap having tried it than to overthink in the beginning and not do it.
Downtown Toronto is a very good place to talk about the neutrality of modernist architecture. I'm sure this kind of box-building was interesting in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties, but I think it's absolutely ridiculous to build like this in 2013.
I had given a presentation on design and happiness for quite a long while at design conferences. I had found thinking about the topic helpful for my own practice, as it forced me to consider the fundamentals, and the feedback from the audience was always enthusiastic.
If you want to communicate something, youd better make sure that your design piece is well-dressed and that its teeth are fixed. At the same time, I still believe that if it is only stylistically great and it has nothing to say, it still is not going to make a lasting impression on anybody.
If you want to communicate something, you'd better make sure that your design piece is well-dressed and that its teeth are fixed. At the same time, I still believe that if it is only stylistically great and it has nothing to say, it still is not going to make a lasting impression on anybody.
In running, I know that I can train as much as I want and Im never going to break the world record for the five miles. Its partly genetics; Im just not built for it. But if I worked really hard, I might be able to cut my time by half. Could I do the same thing with my mind and my well-being?
In running, I know that I can train as much as I want and I'm never going to break the world record for the five miles. It's partly genetics; I'm just not built for it. But if I worked really hard, I might be able to cut my time by half. Could I do the same thing with my mind and my well-being?
U.K. psychologist Daniel Nettle thinks of happiness as a carrot on a stick, designed by evolution to show the right way, and also designed so that we will never permanently reach it. We likely would just sit around and eat sweet and fatty foods all day, and that is simply not in the interest of evolution.
I can see my work as a job. I do it for money. I likely already look forward to the weekend on Thursdays. And I probably will need a hobby as a leveling mechanism. In a career, I'm definitely more engaged. But at the same time, there will be periods when I think, 'Is all that really hard work really worth my while?'
I am not a religious person myself, but I did look for nature. I had spent my first sabbatical in New York City. Looked for something different for the second one. Europe and the U.S. didn't really feel enticing because I knew them too well. So Asia it was. The most beautiful landscapes I had seen in Asia were Sri Lanka and Bali.