“Whatever you design[/make/build], use it to raise the expectations of what can be achieved” UseDesignExpectationsRaises Author:Paula Scher
“The goal of design is to raise the expectation of what design can be” GoalDesignExpectationsRaises Author:Paula Scher
“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.” LittlesImportantStuffWindEmbraceCrap Author:Stefan Sagmeister
“At the opening of our exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York we featured a wall of 10,000 bananas. Green bananas created a pattern against a background of yellow bananas spelling out the sentiment: Self-confidence produces fine results. After a number of days the green bananas turned yellow too and the type disappeared. When the yellow background bananas turned brown, the type (and the self-confidence) appeared again, only to go away when all bananas turned brown.” SelfResultsNumbersNew YorkProduceWallFineTypeProjectsGreenPatternsSelf ConfidenceBackgroundsOpeningBrownGoing AwaySentimentsYellowBananasExhibitionsSpelling Author:Stefan Sagmeister
“The conventional wisdom in our business is that you have to grow and keep moving to survive. We never grew, always stayed tiny, and it serves us very well over the years, allowing us to pick and choose projects, and keeping our financial independence from our clients. We actually have a rather good track record, because we do select projects carefully. Most of our ideas don't eat dust but glimpse the light of day because we find it much more helpful to spend some serious time and effort before we start working on a project, rather than suffer through it afterwards.” YearsWellsIdeasLightMovingSufferingGrowsEffortRecordsSeriousGrewProjectsPicksIndependenceFinancialTrackTinyDustHelpfulAllowingConventionalClientsGlimpseKeep MovingSelectConventional WisdomTrack RecordFinancial Independence Author:Stefan Sagmeister
“Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on.” FeelsDrugDrag Author:Stefan Sagmeister