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Jeffrey Veen Quotes

Math is easy; design is hard.

Math is easy; design is hard.

Jeffrey Veen
Math, Design, Easy

Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organising and manipulating of words and pictures.

Jeffrey Veen
Ideas, Design, Normalcy

Day by day, the number of devices, platforms, and browsers that need to work with your site grows. Responsive web design represents a fundamental shift in how we'll build websites for the decade to come.

Jeffrey Veen
Numbers, Design, Needs

I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving.

Jeffrey Veen
Discipline, Design, Assuming
Jeffrey Veen (2001). “The Art & Science of Web Design”, New Riders Pub

Good design can't fix broken business models.

Jeffrey Veen
Business, Broken, Design

Difficult situations breed astonishing results.

Jeffrey Veen
Difficult Situations, Results, Astonishing

Design isn't risky - change is. Good design mitigates that risk.

Jeffrey Veen
Design, Risk, Change Is Good

One of the things I firmly believe about seemingly risky decisions is that you can't fully imagine how things can be better while you're in the thing you don't quite like.

Jeffrey Veen
Believe, Decision, Imagine

Web-site creation isn't something you learn once and then check off on your to do list.

Jeffrey Veen
Lists, Consciousness, Creation
Jeffrey Veen (1997). “Hot Wired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites”, Wired Books

To dismiss basic contexts such as link colours, page layouts, navigation systems, and visual hierarchy as 'boring' or 'pedestrian' is akin to laughing at a car's steering wheel as unimaginative.

Jeffrey Veen
Laughing, Car, Links
Jeffrey Veen (2001). “The Art & Science of Web Design”, New Riders Pub

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