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April 24, 2010
 

Steve Jobs inverview about Paul Rand (from 1993)

In this interview from 1993 Steve Jobs talks about Paul Rand, the designer of the NeXT logo (and many others like the IBM logo). There is a great quote in this interview about what is what like to work with Paul Rand.

I asked him if he would come up with a few options. And he said, “No. I will solve your problem for you. And you will pay me. And you don’t have to use the solution. If you want options, go talk to other people. But I’ll solve your problem for you the best way I know how. And you use it or not. That’s up to you. You’re the client. But you pay me.” And there was a clarity about the relationship that was refreshing.


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December 10, 2009
 

What kind of store is not about sales? That’s like saying you’ve got a pen that isn’t about writing - I like it :-)

Nokia Confirms New York and Chicago Flagship Stores Are Closing in Early 2010

Same deal with the London store — big expensive stores that failed to generate sales. Chris Ziegler at Engadget writes:

The way we saw it, these stores were never about sales; they were about exposing Nokia to the public and vice versa in a cool, hip environment, and regardless of how you feel about the company’s handsets, they’d effectively accomplished that with the flagship strategy.

What kind of store is not about sales? That’s like saying you’ve got a pen that isn’t about writing.

via daringfireball.net


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