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Designer Quote by Yves Behar

“Designers have a responsibility to show the future as they want it to be - or at least as it can be, not just the way an industry wants it to be.” quote by Yves Behar — Download Open image

“Designers have a responsibility to show the future as they want it to be - or at least as it can be, not just the way an industry wants it to be.”

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Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If…

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My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'

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I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.

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An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a…

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To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as…

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I wanted to be a writer as a teen... so storytelling was my first love. In my late teens, design became an obsession as…

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The biggest challenge is that when people look at low price point products, they essentially invest less money in development, innovation, and new technology.…

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“Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal.”

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If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.

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The best design work is really done when you spend more time with people, when you have the opportunity to be of the same…

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