Anyone with a computer and a design program can create a page layout. But unless you're trained in design, it won't look very good and it won't communicate very well.

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

Videogames are indeed design: They're sophisticated virtual machines that echo the mechanical systems inside cars.

Design is about crafting an experience that is unfamiliar enough to feel novel, yet familiar enough to instill confidence.

The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees - to find the right balance. Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less.

In the '70s and '80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how do you build the ethos of art and design into the academy of science.

Anyone with a computer and a design program can create a page layout. But unless you're trained in design, it won't look very good and it won't communicate very well.