What’s next for technology and design? A lot less thinking about technology for technology’s sake, and a lot more thinking about design. Art humanizes technology and makes it understandable. Design is needed to make sense of information overload. It is why art and design will rise in importance during this century as we try to make sense of all the possibilities that digital technology now affords.

The best scientists that I've met are those that are humanists and scientists at the same time.

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.

My role is to find strategic insights as to where design can have the most business impact. A designer can bring a viewpoint of not just aesthetics, but economics and usage.

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form.

Information is expanding daily. How to get it out visually is important.