Ramy Majouji

I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds.

I do not make any of my own clothing.

I speak a language I did not invent or refine.

I did not discover the mathematics I use.

I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate.

I am moved by music I did not create myself.

When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.

I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.

I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being.

— Steve Jobs

By not holding designers accountable internally, we open ourselves up to external consequences. Designers avoid facing the consequence because engineering protects them — and the gap between the two disciplines widens.

— The Guideline Gap: How to shorten the bug iteration loop & repair relationships

Portra 100 on a Mamiya 7ii. A dream camera.

Portra 100 on a Mamiya 7ii. A dream camera.

Île Saint-Louis, Paris, August 2018.

Focusing on the core business is what differentiates real product design from interface design or even user experience design. Fundamental product design is really hard and requires a lot of legwork, but this is what designers at the highest level do — and it’s why their work is better than yours.

— Daniel Burka, “Everyone is a designer. Get over it.”