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design.quotesilike.com was created by Lance Barrera,  a product designer who spends a lot of time listening to the people pushing design forward. What you’ll find here is curated and practical. Not just design legends, but contemporary leaders and emerging voices too. A collection of thinking that shapes the field and challenges how we work.

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When you bring your lived experience—your leaps, your stories—into the design process, that’s when it becomes unforgettable."

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August Heffner
Design Philosophy
AI
August Heffner
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#august-heffner

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Design PhilosophyAI
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Direct Quote
Type:
Website Content
Medium:
Website
Quality:
Edited Primary
Year
2026
Date added
February 18, 2026

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Verbalizing design is another act of design."

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Kenya Hara
Design Philosophy
Leadership
Kenya Hara
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#kenya-hara

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Design PhilosophyLeadership
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Direct Quote
Type:
Social Post
Medium:
LinkedIn
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Secondary
Year
2011
Date added
February 18, 2026

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We're not afraid of getting faster at our work. What we're afraid of is getting faster at our work and having no time anyway."

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Natalya Shelburne
Design Futures
AI
Natalya Shelburne
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#natalya-shelburne

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Design FuturesAI
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On Theme: Design Systems in Depth
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
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Primary
Year
2025
Date added
February 6, 2026

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With transparency also has to come change and evolution. And the next generations are telling us they don't want to do it the same way we do."

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Vincent Wanga
Design Futures
Leadership
Vincent Wanga
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#vincent-wanga-4

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Design FuturesLeadership
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DesignThinkers Podcast
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
January 12, 2026

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Flexibility needs to be in the system, but also in the people."

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Raffaela Panie
Design Philosophy
Design Systems
Raffaela Panie
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#raffaela-panie

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Design PhilosophyDesign Systems
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Design Better
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2026
Date added
January 23, 2026

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Taste is understanding what you think should exist and being able to repeatedly answer why. And craft is executing against that taste."

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Michael Riddering
Design Philosophy
Craft
Michael Riddering
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#michael-riddering

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Design PhilosophyCraft
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Tommy Geoco
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Long-form Video
Medium:
YouTube
Quality:
Edited Primary
Year
2025
Date added
January 20, 2026

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Now more than ever before, curiosity is going to be the material you use to get work done."

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Rachel Been
Design Futures
AI
Rachel Been
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#rachel-been-2

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Design FuturesAI
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Design Notes
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Edited Primary
Year
2025
Date added
January 18, 2026

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Having good taste is the hardest skill to develop."

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Dylan Field
Design Philosophy
Leadership
Dylan Field
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#dylan-field-3

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Design PhilosophyLeadership
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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2026
Date added
January 16, 2026

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People often don't dream big because they think it's unrealistic, and that's what keeps them from doing unrealistic things."

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Vincent Wanga
Design Philosophy
Leadership
Vincent Wanga
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#vincent-wanga-5

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Design PhilosophyLeadership
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DesignThinkers Podcast
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
January 15, 2026

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Your job is to make vision tangible, as a designer."

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Irene Au
Design Philosophy
Leadership
Irene Au
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#irene-au

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Design PhilosophyLeadership
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Design Better
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2026
Date added
January 15, 2026

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Design requires thinking. If you skip that step or outsource the thinking, then you aren't the one designing."

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Tobias van Schneider
Design Philosophy
Design Thinking
Tobias van Schneider
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#tobias-van-schneider

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Design PhilosophyDesign Thinking
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Direct Quote
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Social Post
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LinkedIn
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Primary
Year
2026
Date added
January 14, 2026

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Keep creative at the vanguard of innovation. Our job is to constantly not follow the trends. We create them."

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Vincent Wanga
Design Philosophy
Leadership
Vincent Wanga
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#vincent-wanga-2

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Design PhilosophyLeadership
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DesignThinkers Podcast
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
January 12, 2026

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The most successful people really believe in what they're doing. And it's because they've failed so many times and got through it. They're not scared by that."

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Vincent Wanga
Leadership
Design Operations
Vincent Wanga
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#vincent-wanga

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LeadershipDesign Operations
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DesignThinkers Podcast
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Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
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Primary
Year
2025
Date added
January 12, 2026

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Use AI as a tool, but don't expect it to make something that no one has ever seen or imagined before. That's your job."

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Dylan Field
Design Futures
AI
Dylan Field
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#dylan-field-2

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Design FuturesAI
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Direct Quote
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Social Post
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LinkedIn
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Year
2026
Date added
January 12, 2026

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Claiming to be future ready without worrying about human costs and the value of your work doesn't signal progress. If anything, it's a lack of future perspective entirely."

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Anjela Freyja
AI
Design Futures
Anjela Freyja
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#anjela-freyja-3-84zwt

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AIDesign Futures
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Direct Quote
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Social Post
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TikTok
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Primary
Year
2026
Date added
January 10, 2026

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If you want to win, invest in design, craft, storytelling and a bold point of view."

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Dylan Field
Design Futures
AI
Dylan Field
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#dylan-field

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Design FuturesAI
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Direct Quote
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Social Post
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LinkedIn
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Primary
Year
2026
Date added
January 8, 2026

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Technology changes what we can achieve by expanding what we can imagine."

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Loredana Crisan
Design Futures
AI
Loredana Crisan
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#loredana-crisan

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Design FuturesAI
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Direct Quote
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Social Post
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LinkedIn
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Primary
Year
2026
Date added
January 8, 2026

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Rawness isn't just aesthetic preference anymore—it's proof. It's defensive. A way of saying: this is real because it's imperfect."

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Adam Mosseri
Design Futures
Craft
Adam Mosseri
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#adam-mosseri

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Design FuturesCraft
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Direct Quote
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Social Post
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Instagram
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Year
2025
Date added
January 3, 2026

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As deepfakes and slop will soon pervade all surfaces, [...] premium will become more closely aligned to time intensive endeavors than sleek but instantaneous content."

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Forest Young
Craft
Design Futures
Forest Young
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#forest-young

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CraftDesign Futures
Source
By Design
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Secondary
Year
2025
Date added
January 2, 2026

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The conviction to defy the brisk pace of technological acceleration emits an aura of courage."

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Forest Young
Craft
AI
Forest Young
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#forrest-young-quote

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CraftAI
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By Design
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Secondary
Year
2025
Date added
January 2, 2026

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