Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual.

If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case. If a great designer did a first-rate standard, that model should be followed. Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure.

It is not how much empty space there is, but rather how it is used. It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively it is arranged.

The idea of trying to create things that last-forever knowledge-has guided my work for a long time now.

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world...plant a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera.