Clement Mok

Clement Mok is many things—digital pioneer, serial entrepreneur, software publisher, and developer, author, design patent holder, even restaurateur—but beyond all else, Mok is a designer and his influence on the world is immeasurable.

After graduating from ArtCenter’s Graphic Design program, he held design positions at CBS (then the number-one network) and design agency Donovan/Green. Thanks to these work experiences, Mok was hired on the spot by Apple in the ’80s. Leading Apple Creative Services as a creative director for a good part of his five-plus years there, he was able to test his design beliefs and learn how to design with conviction. As part of the original team, Mok helped launch the Macintosh computer as well as the desktop publishing revolution, which required him to decipher new technologies to resistant designers and be a translator of the future of design.

He was first known for graphic design and worked as a manual design for Apple. For him, the design is being good, not just looks good. During his tenure at Apple, as the design director, he was not only responsible for the design manual but also the packaging design. He also said that the overall design is to provide users with the best experience, including the smoothness of the lid of the box, and the user experience of the size and thickness of the paper. As a student, I am very inspired that we should not only provide a good user experience for the product itself, but also take into account the full set of systems, our packaging, manuals, services, and so on.

Clement Mok said that Jobs influenced him in the abyss. He designed the inside the outside and everything around, and God willing him to design what’s being said about it. When Steve jobs used the word design, he was advocating the whole user or brand experience everything from the hardware-software communication. Advertising and user experience design. He was years ahead in thinking about how the design should be. And in the process, convince those of us who worked for him back then. That we too could change the world.

The following is his motto for design:

Keep thinking. Full of curiosity about the world.

Realize that you don’t know what you don’t know and you are looking for solutions to these problems.

Don’t burn the bridge, if you must burn the bridge, try to end everything.

The real profession is the profession you create, so be wholehearted; follow your passion.

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