The idea of being able to build things bottom up, atom by atom, has made [scientists] all into tinkerers. And all of a sudden scientists are seeking designers, just like designers are seeking scientists.

Small objects, like the Walkman first and then the iPod, create bubbles of space around us that enable us to have a metaphysical space that is much bigger than our physical space.

We live today not in the digital, not in the physical, but in the kind of minestrone that our mind makes of the two.

Designers need to be mavericks, because the best way to design a successful object is to pretend that either it never existed or that people will be able to have a new behavior with it.

Designers stand between revolutions and everyday life. They’re able to grasp momentous changes in technology, science, and society and convert those changes into objects and ideas that people can understand.

Good design is a Renaissance attitude that combines tech, cognitive science, human need and beauty to produce something.

While an artist can choose whether or not to be responsive and responsible towards other human beings, by definition a designer must be.