"My relationship with [[Leffler]] taught me **how important it is for the designer to work with the producer up front**. This applies to every product. Building a house proceeds more smoothly and less expensively when the architect and contractor work out the real-world problems of a blueprint before the cement truck shows up to pour the foundation." ([Location 1796](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01A6EQFZ8&location=1796)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[design]], [[collaboration]] **Source** -- [[20250423082057 - B - Let My People Go Surfing]]