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Maggie Macnab

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Maggie Macnab is a self-taught designer from New Mexico. She began Macnab Design in 1981 and her work has received international recognition for over 30 years. With a lifelong passion for the creative problem solving process, Maggie’s work, teaching and books encompass the observation of how nature solves design problems and how to practically apply these principles to design. She teaches for various universities in New Mexico and speaks internationally for institutes, conferences and schools. She is author of Decoding Design and Design by Nature; both have received awards and are translated into multiple languages, including the Farsi version of Design by Nature that won best translated book in Iran in 2014. Designing Effective Logos, a le ...more

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Design by Nature: Using Uni...

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Decoding Design: Understand...

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“Design is a fundamental human activity, relevant and useful to everyone. Anything humans create—be it product, communication or system—is a result of the process of making inspiration real. I believe in doing what works as circumstances change: quirky or unusual solutions are often good ones. Nature bends and so should we as appropriate. Nature is always right outside our door as a reference and touch point. We should use it far more than we do.”
Maggie Macnab, Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design

“Design that mimics the sensual continuity of nature's subtle connections of color, light and texture invite the viewer's receptivity.”
Maggie Macnab, Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design

“Basic geometric shapes communicate universal qualities common to all cultures. Practical design integrates them appropriately.”
Maggie Macnab, Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design

“Basic geometric shapes communicate universal qualities common to all cultures. Practical design integrates them appropriately.”
Maggie Macnab, Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design

“Nature's design is fully economical. Human design follows this model when it minimizes information and maximizes understanding.”
Maggie Macnab, Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design

“A company has integrity when its words and actions consistently match the branding effort.”
Maggie Macnab, Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design

“Design is a fundamental human activity, relevant and useful to everyone. Anything humans create—be it product, communication or system—is a result of the process of making inspiration real. I believe in doing what works as circumstances change: quirky or unusual solutions are often good ones. Nature bends and so should we as appropriate. Nature is always right outside our door as a reference and touch point. We should use it far more than we do.”
Maggie Macnab, Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design

“Principles that drive equilibrium in nature's design also power human design.”
Maggie Macnab, Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design




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