Design Quotes

“Industrial design”

“Intelligent Design”

“Design is redesign.”

“Design is to design a design to produce a design.”

“design”

“Wikipedia: Design”

“When any great design thou dost intend,
Think of the means, the manner, and the end.”

“Honest designs
Justly resemble our devotions,
Which we must pay, and wait for the reward.”

“Wikicommons: Design”

“Good design is a Renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need and beauty to produce something.”

“I have always believed that fashion was not made only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.”

“The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living. The assumption is that somewhere, hidden, is a better way of doing things.”

“If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”

“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context—a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.”

“From a structural point of view, design is totally useless... I tried to give my products a little sense and energy. But even when I gave the best of myself, it was absurd.”

“One of the best ways to economize in building is to economize on ugliness. ...Nothing can be greater service in avoiding ugliness than a knowledge of the principles of design.”

“They float before my soul, the fair designs
Which I would body forth to Life and Power,
Like clouds, that with their wavering hues and lines
Pourtray majestic buildings:—”

“This is exactly the meaning of design: the conflict between form and content, form being the problem. [...] It is the coming together of form and content that is the realization of design.”

“Good design looks right. It is simple (clear and uncomplicated). Good design is also elegant, and does not look contrived. A map should be aesthetically pleasing, thought provoking, and communicative”

“Good design is also an act of communication between the designer and the user, except that all the communication has to come about by the appearance of the device itself. The device must explain itself.”