In design one makes-to-think and thinks-to-make

“In design one makes-to-think and thinks-to-make. There’s no hard line between wondering about something and making that thing in the machine shop. The two go together without a hard distinction between thinking it up and making it up. In a design studio… the making is also the thinking. We don’t figure everything out and then just build it. Both of these materialization rituals are the same and interweave in a simple, clarifying way.” – Julian Bleecker

This quote is from Kicker Studio’s interview with Julian: “Six Questions from Kicker: Julian Bleecker.“

1. Designers already live in the future
2. The best design solutions solve a problem in an elegant and engaging way
3. Design is about more than just solving problems
4. Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
5. Design is about cultural invention