Who are the big names that just don’t deserve to be?
Marissa Mayer
Chris Bangle
Yep. He’s a clown.
But I like big butts and I’m not lying.
On a semi related note, been seeing a couple of big named leaders with the "design activator" title across the board. Does anyone know what that is?
What the fuck is that??
Tobias van Schneider, but he’s gone now.
His work was terrible. You guys seem to be on a better path now, but his influence was noxious. Why did he leave Spotify?
He was never a leader. Just self proclaimed.
I’d rather recognize the underrated ones...like whoever leads design or does design at ElasticSearch is doing brilliant work.
John Maeda
Underrated or overrated? I think overrated. Never saw what was so brilliant.
Yep overrated. Early thought leader but fairly narrow language these days and doesn’t have a complete grasp of everything that’s going on in tech. Still a very cool guy and positive voice for design - happy to see him continue his work.
Karim Rashid
Nina Geometrieva
Dan Saffer
Jonny Ive is one of the best ever.
He deserves a lot of credit for building an awesome team and letting them do great work.