Steve Jobs: Design & The Washing Machine

Posted by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten on Oct 21, 2007 in Design, Developing, Family, Gadget, Innovation, Inspiration, Personal, Programming | 8 comments

As you might know I have a huge (complete!) collection of Wired Magazines. Regularly I grab a random copy and browse through it. Today I grabbed a 1996 issue with Steve Jobs on the cover. I only read half of the article but was thrilled when I found a quote that made a huge impression on me when I first read it. The last question that Gary Wolf asks is “Is there anything well designed today that inspires you?”. Steve Jobs then tells a very personal story about his ideas about design and how he and his family deals with...