Design is Magical

We want to paint a picture of the future with our new ideas in it.

I used to put plastic boxes around computers. Exclusively. I just couldn't be happy with that for the rest of my life.

Most of my career, I've felt that I was at the kids' table.

I would rather build the Taj Mahal out of toothpicks than read a book.

Design meant making impact in the world, not designing a new podium or table.

I decided to not show any slides. Can you imagine that? A designer who's not going to show any slides.

Self-efficacy is defined as you have a sense of the world, you have a sense of your place in it, and that you believe that you can achieve what you've set out to do. Isn't that lovely? Think about how different that feels from most people's lives.

I could’ve retired and missed this whole design renaissance thing that’s going on, but I’m glad I didn’t. It’s an exciting time. Creative people are being asked to work on really important problems, problems that matter in the world, and the good news is we’re coming up with new-to-the-world solutions, and so it’s a really good time to be a designer.

We really believe that the designer’s task is trying to understand 'What’s a problem that’s worth working on? What’s a non-obvious need that’s out there in the world?' and then we’ll innovate around that.

If you can get that diversity of thinkers and you can get them to work together and build on each other's ideas, you're definitely going to come up with new-to-the-world stuff.