Counter the effects of culture (steering your design ideas) by going out and looking for new experiences. Bob Gill More Quotes by Bob Gill More Quotes From Bob Gill Be stimulated by rejection Bob Gill rejectiondesigndetermination Unless you can begin with an interesting problem, it is unlikely you will end up with an interesting solution. Bob Gill unlikelyprobleminteresting I've never had a problem with a dumb client. There is no such thing as a bad client. Part of our job is to do good work and get the client to accept it. Bob Gill designdumbjobs If you haven't read Alan Fletcher's The Art of Looking Sideways you should be arrested for calling yourself a Designer Bob Gill designercallingart When you have something truthful to say, it will design itself. Bob Gill truthfuldesign How do you do original work when culture is telling you which font face to use, which layout. Bob Gill fontsuseculture Once you have the statement, it will design itself. Bob Gill statementsdesign Forget all the rules you ever learned Bob Gill graphic-designdesignforget No matter how many times your amazing, absolutely brilliant work is rejected by the client, for whatever dopey, arbitrary reason, there is often another amazing, absolutely brilliant solution possible. Bob Gill arbitrarydesignmatter I know that being an in-house person is much, much harder than being outside...that's why I've never had a job. Bob Gill harderhousejobs The best way way to get a visual image is not to think of a visual image. Bob Gill visualswaythinking It's a vicious cycle. While systems become denser, their energy efficiency has decreased. Devices are getting smaller and smaller, but they are getting hotter. Bob Gill viciousefficiencyenergy There's nothing in my head that's worth anything at all because it's the culture that put it there. Bob Gill culture It's much harder to be an in-house person than an outside person. Bob Gill harderpersonshouse We need practice solving problems. Bob Gill problempracticeneeds
