We need practice solving problems. Bob Gill More Quotes by Bob Gill More Quotes From Bob Gill Be stimulated by rejection Bob Gill rejection design determination Unless you can begin with an interesting problem, it is unlikely you will end up with an interesting solution. Bob Gill unlikely problem interesting 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 design dumb jobs If you haven't read Alan Fletcher's The Art of Looking Sideways you should be arrested for calling yourself a Designer Bob Gill designer calling art When you have something truthful to say, it will design itself. Bob Gill truthful design How do you do original work when culture is telling you which font face to use, which layout. Bob Gill fonts use culture Once you have the statement, it will design itself. Bob Gill statements design Forget all the rules you ever learned Bob Gill graphic-design design forget 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 arbitrary design matter 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 harder house jobs Counter the effects of culture (steering your design ideas) by going out and looking for new experiences. Bob Gill design new-experiences ideas The best way way to get a visual image is not to think of a visual image. Bob Gill visuals way thinking 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 vicious efficiency energy 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 harder persons house
