Designers take what is just a faint glimmer in the mind’s eye and give it shape and life

“Designers can show us a better future, can present us with all kinds of new possibilities so that we can decide: Is this what we want? Before any of that can happen, though, the designer must first commit—by taking what is just a faint glimmer in the mind’s eye and giving it shape and life.” – Warren Berger

This quote is from Warren’s article “Four Things I’ve Learned About Designers.”

1. Design constitutes the quality of life
2. Scientists identify components of existing structures, designers shape components of new structures
3. Designers stand between revolutions and everyday life.
4. Good designers are open minded and comfortable with ambiguity
5. Design is a way of changing life and influencing the future