“Design marked by a 'ruggedness and lack of concern to look comfortable or easy' in 'reaction by a younger generation to the lightness, optimism, and frivolity of today’s Web design.'”— Katherine Arcement, washingtonpost.com
“We started with the basics, removed ornamentation, and flattened the icon. And we arrived at a brighter, flatter option — but was it better? Would we feel the need to do this again in a year?”— Ian Spalter, medium.com
“While the icon is a colorful doorway into the Instagram app, once inside the app, we believe the color should come directly from the community’s photos and videos.”— Ian Spalter, medium.com
“I doubt anyone will be making cakes and cookies in the shape of the new Instagram logo and that’s the biggest problem the new logo faces: it’s not the old logo.”— Bryony Gomez-Palacio, underconsideration.com
“None of our designs are likely to last forever. I can’t tell you how many things I’ve designed that don’t exist anymore. We’re just cogs in an evolutionary wheel , trying to make the world around us a little better. So don’t get too attached to any part of a design. Don’t fall in love with borders,…”— Adam Morse, mrmrs.io
“This became a liberating realization. I started to feel a lot more comfortable when people tore my work apart. Because I realized how I felt just didn’t matter. And what people said became more interesting. Some of it was good feedback that was well thought out. Some of it was bad feedback that wasn…”— Adam Morse, mrmrs.io
“The irony is that when you code, you usually check for the edge cases first. When you design, you usually get to them last”— Full Story, blog.fullstory.com
“For iOS, you’ll need to export at .5x (1x actual), 1x (2x actual), and 1.5x (3x actual). Does that make any sense at all?”— Kurt Varner, medium.com
“If you’re designing at anything but 1x, you’ve decided to embark on a never ending journey of tediously converting your pixels for other device resolutions.”— Kurt Varner, medium.com
“Clutter has only two possible causes: too much effort is required to put things away or it is unclear where things belong.”— Marie Kondo, amazon.com
“Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.”— Dieter Rams, gooddesign.io
“Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimizes physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.”— Dieter Rams, gooddesign.io
“Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the user.”— Dieter Rams, gooddesign.io
“It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years - even in today's throwaway society.”— Dieter Rams, gooddesign.io
“It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.”— Dieter Rams, gooddesign.io
“Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user's self-expression.”— Dieter Rams, gooddesign.io
“It clarifies the product's structure. Better still, it can make the product talk. At best, it is self-explanatory.”— Dieter Rams, gooddesign.io
“The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.”— Dieter Rams, gooddesign.io
“A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.”— Dieter Rams, gooddesign.io