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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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"

Words and language [are] going to be the top design skill of the future."

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Erika Flowers
Design Futures
AI
Erika Flowers
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#words-and-language-are-going-to-be-the-top-design-skill-of-the-future

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Design FuturesAI
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NN/G UX Podcast
Type:
Podcast
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Spotify
Quality:
Edited Primary
Year
2025
Date added
October 29, 2025

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If we show up and act big, look serious, and sophisticated, people are going to take us seriously. Act like we’ve always been here."

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Henry Modisett
Design Philosophy
AI
Henry Modisett
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#henry-modisett

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Design PhilosophyAI
Source
Design Better
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
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Primary
Year
2025
Date added
October 29, 2025

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A [design] system is a moment in time and the entire timeline."

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

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Design SystemsDesign Futures
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Figma Schema
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Conference
Medium:
Live Stream
Quality:
Edited Primary
Year
2025
Date added
October 28, 2025

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Make no mistake, the arc of [design] systems is going from rigid to flexible. A configurable left towards a more composable right."

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Nathan Curtis
Design Systems
Design Futures
Nathan Curtis
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#nathan-curtis

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Design SystemsDesign Futures
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Conference
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Year
2025
Date added
October 28, 2025

"

The teams who build design systems don't choose between craft and scale. They build for both."

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Paige Costello
Design Systems
Craft
Paige Costello
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#paige-costello

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Design SystemsCraft
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Figma Schema
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Conference
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Live Stream
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Year
2025
Date added
October 28, 2025

"

Today, design systems form that shared language between engineering and design that brings production into focus. But tomorrow they're going to power an entirely new way to create."

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Paige Costello
Design Systems
Design Futures
Paige Costello
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#paige-costello-quote

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Design SystemsDesign Futures
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Figma Schema
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Conference
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Live Stream
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Year
2025
Date added
October 28, 2025

"

Design systems should be a relief. It should make work more fun. […] When people are happier at work…those are the things that help the planet."

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Dan Mall
Design Systems
Design Operations
Dan Mall
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#dan-mall

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Design SystemsDesign Operations
Source
Technically Speaking with Harrison Wheeler
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Edited Primary
Year
2022
Date added
October 27, 2025

"

[T]hinking is work. Try to let go of the guilt associated with not being tethered to a screen and recognize that in many modern workplaces, knowledge is the primary capital [...]"

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Daniel Eden
Design Philosophy
Remote Work
Daniel Eden
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#daniel-eden-quote

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Design PhilosophyRemote Work
Source
Direct Quote
Type:
Website Content
Medium:
Website
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Primary
Year
2021
Date added
October 27, 2025

"

If you can design one thing, you can design everything."

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Massimo Vignelli
Design Thinking
Design Philosophy
Massimo Vignelli
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#massimo-vignelli-quote-2

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Design ThinkingDesign Philosophy
Source
Design Matters
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2010
Date added
October 27, 2025

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The more senior you get, the more you kill your darlings and let go of those things you find very precious."

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Cassie McDaniel
Design Thinking
Leadership
Cassie McDaniel
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#cassie-mcdaniel-quote

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Design ThinkingLeadership
Source
Design Better
Type:
Podcast
Medium:
Spotify
Quality:
Primary
Year
2025
Date added
October 27, 2025

"

The details are not the details. They make the design."

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Charles Eames
Design Thinking
Craft
Charles Eames
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https://quotesilike.webflow.io/#charles-eames

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Design ThinkingCraft
Source
Eames Office
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Website Content
Medium:
Website
Quality:
Secondary
Year
1972
Date added
October 27, 2025

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