“Without aesthetic, design is either the humdrum repetition of familiar clichés or a wild scramblefor novelty. Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producingeffects without substance. Form without relevant content, or content without meaningful form.”

Paul Rand
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