My job is simply to design gadgets that I like Inventors are people who not only curse, but who also start to think of what can be done to eliminate the bother...When I see something that I don't like, I try to invent a way around it. My job is simply to design gadgets that I like. Jacob Rabinow, The Evolution of Useful Things The iPodYou and your user are one innovation
Head and hand The blueprint signaled a decisive disconnection between head and hand in design: the idea of a thing made complete in conception before it is constructed. Richard Sennett, The Craftsman The preliminary sketch design