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Richard Saul Wurman

(1935) Graphic Designer United States

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Richard Saul Wurman is a graphic designer from the United States, best known for Access California wine country.

Quick Facts About Richard Saul Wurman

Born: March 26, 1935
Nationality: United States
Profession: Graphic Designer
Notable works: Access California wine country
Spouse: Gloria Nagy

About Richard Saul Wurman

Richard Saul Wurman is an American architect, author, information and graphic designer. Wurman has written, designed, and published over 90 books and created the TED conferences and TEDMED, conferences on health and medicine. Wurman received the Lifetime Achievement award from Cooper Hewitt and the AIGA Gold Medal for his work in information design.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Guggenheim Fellowship National Design Awards AIGA Medal

Quotes by Richard Saul Wurman · Page 2

In school, we're rewarded for having the answer, not for asking a good question.

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Answers

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My opening line to my students, and a recurring theme in my classes, was that the big design problem isn't designing a…

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Bigs

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My definition of learning is to remember what you are interested in. If you don't remember something, you haven't learned it, and…

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Definitions

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If you serve that God, all the others will be taken care of. My quote is: 'The only way to communicate is…

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Care

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The organization of information actually creates new information.

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Data

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Most of us do not even know how to ask a question. Most of us do not see the root of the…

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Adventure

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