One of the best parts of my job over the past couple of years has been the opportunity to meet people I would regard as "thought leaders" in the Design community. In my position as a designer in the Developer and Platform Evangelism team I have been relatively isolated; the chance to learn or gain inspiration from other designers through blogs, conferences or 1:1 interaction has really solidified my own thoughts on design. While I have not actually him (yet), one of the people I count on my list of influential Design thinkers is Bob Brunner, former Director of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. and Pentagram Partner. Bob recently spoke at Yahoo! Design Week and Luke Wroblewski (another person I hold in high esteem) summarized some key concepts from the presentation.

"Designers have a responsibility to own what the world sees. They need to have ownership of the experience and drive to make it right."

[Via LukeW.com]