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Taste for Makers

What my friend meant was that he wanted students who were not just good technicians, but who could use their technical knowledge to design beautiful things.

Paul Graham • Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

In addition, Kimberly still had the responsibility of maintaining compliant processes and procedures. If she was going to innovate, she had to be able to present options, choices, trade-offs, and opportunities. This required her to combine both her years of expertise and a “beginner’s mind-set.”

John Rossman • The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company

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Without a person at (or near) the helm who thoroughly understands the principles and elements of Design, a company eventually runs out of reasons for design decisions … Without conviction, doubt creeps in. Instincts fail … When a company is filled with engineers, it turns to engineering to solve problems. Reduce each decision to a simple logic prob

Ken Kocienda • Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

I almost don’t even want to design and operate from scratch. I’m into the idea of editing. And I think that’s valuable now, because the cycles have gotten shorter. For me, the ideas of Mies van der Rohe and Bauhaus are things that completely translate to modernism in clothing—the idea that you could design a building that’s so resolved in its princ... See more

Thom Bettridge • VIRGIL ABLOH: “Duchamp is my Lawyer”

Graphic designer and painter Paula Scher on how to make something great: "Less is more and more is more. It's the middle that's not a good place."

Everyone’s software is good enough. Software used to be the weapon, now it’s just a tool.

In a world of scarcity, we treasure tools. In a world of abundance, we treasure taste. The barriers to entry are low, competition is fierce, and so much of the focus has shifted — from tech to distribution, and now, to something else too: taste. [2]

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