Design Quotes - Page 27

Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.

There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.

It is impossible to design anything that is foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

Design cannot rescue failed content.

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.

Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.

Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design.

Theory can blind observation.

The hope of good design lies in those designers who believe in what they do and will only do what they believeContrary to hearsay, it is possible to make a living that way.

Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important.

The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live.

You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.

I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but did really consider was getting into programming and game design.

Graphic designers should be literate in graphic design history. Being able to design well is not always enough. Knowing the roots of design is necessary to avoid reinvention, no less inadvertent plagiarism.

There is a verse [in the Koran] that says God swears by time. Anything you gain in life, you pay for with your time. Time is the most important thing that has been given to man.

When I paint I do a different thing than when I design. But both involve aesthetics, both involve thought, both involve planning.

I want people to understand that design is so much more than cute chairs - that it is first and foremost everything that is around us in our life.

The best design teams are not people who are exactly the same...otherwise you're just sitting and telling, 'You're fabulous.' 'No, you're fabulous.'

Everything that can be said, can be said clearly.

It has become a cliché to announce that 'we live in a remix culture'... What was referred to in post-modern times as quoting, appropriation, and pastiche no longer needs any special name. Now this is simlpy the basic logic of cultural production.

The divine glory is an object only worthy of attention; and to display his holy character, was the design of God in creation; as there was no other beings existing antecedent thereto, to attract the mind of Jehovah; and we are sure that God is pursuing the same thing still, and always will.

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

I started designing my handbags in my apartment and I had six samples made in satin-finished nylon. I displayed them at trade shows but they went unnoticed at first.

Create something people want to share.

I love what I do, and I only want more. I love the whole process. I love designing, I love figuring out how to make the clothes happen, I love the ad campaigns.