Designer's derive their rewards from 'inner standards of excellence, from the intrinsic satisfaction of their tasks. They are committed to the task, not the job. To their standards, not their boss.' So whereas most people divide their lives between time spent earning money and time spent spending it, designers generally lead a seamless existence in which work and play are synonymous. As Milanese designer Richard Sapper put it: "I never work-all the time."

Never in history has distance meant less.

Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future.

The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order.

The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday's success.

Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock.

If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy.