"I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design." ― Yukihiro Matsumoto Topic(s): Design More From Yukihiro Matsumoto "Actually, I didn’t make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn’t bring that up, actually." More In Design "The industry’s changed so much that you can’t just design something, put on a great show, and say, ‘Okay, my job is done.’"― Alexander Wang "That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush… it’s a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them."― Genevieve Gorder "How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?"― Michael Arad