“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works. The design of the Mac wasn’t what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grasp what it’s all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. Most people don’t take the time to do that.
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.
“Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”
Steve Jobs in Wired, February 1996
Frank Lloyd Wright was know for “Form Follows Function”. But Steve Jobs made both work well together with great design. I have truly enjoyed being a part of this movement. Our world has change as a result of the Apple computer, which has been the only type of computer I have used and purchased for the business or personal use. They have change how we do business, how we present our projects and in many ways our creative thought process.
This is a tool that I believe my business has taken advantage of and in essence Apple Computers has become my business consultant and partner over the years – And I find Their software works so well!!
During my Architectural training , hand drawing and drafting techniques were the way projects were presented . Now we send CAD drawings, sketches, photos, etc. from our computer almost 
instantly to other parts of the country and world for our clients .
The Mac was not cool years ago whey we had the Macintosh Apple Lisa . Now I wish that we would have held on to it just to show the kids.
I can take a picture from my I-Phone of a project under construction and send it to client instantly. My 16-year-old son takes great pride in showing me how to do this. He has become an “Apple geek.” I think we own every piece of Apple equipment.
How many times now have I retrained myself in the use of technology and I can always figure this out with the Apple computer. (Mostly always – if not it is usually something simple.)
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I find it more fun to learn new things with the computer. Our software package is Vectorworks, (design for use with the Apple computer) and has a high powered 3-D package. Our firm’s current goal is learning the 3-D aspect of the program. It has been fun and challenging . I will keep you posted as to our progress. The first project we recently put into 3-D has helped the client move forward with the project.
We are a visual world! ! ! Thanks Steve Jobs for helping us get here!
