You have to have a balance and understand that as much as you would like to have absolute control over everything, it's just not realistic.

I think if you took away all the designers and automated the process tomorrow, the end result would be really, really dissatisfying and disturbing to a lot of people. So, I think there's a lot of value that print designers have.

I think we are in this era right now where every element in a webpage is rendered to within an inch of its life. I think if it's a button, it looks like a physical button, you know, if it's a mailbox that's meant to signal a messaging functionality then the whole mailbox right down to the rivets on the hypothetical metallic housing is rendered.

I think the key difference between the web and print medium is, on the web or any digital medium, you're dealing with this added element of behavior.

Things have a behavior online, whereas in print, there is a single canonical expression for them, but online everything responds to different criteria or has inherent states to it based on that criteria. So, you have to design that in a different way. It's a completely different dynamic even though it may look similar.

I have a few memories of being young here in the United States, but almost no recollections of being young in Vietnam.

Even though the means of production are more available than ever, I think the true expertise is as rare as ever.