Quotes About Design

Design in nature is but a concatenation of accidents, culled by natural selection until the result is so beautiful or effective as to seem a miracle of purpose.

early computer engineers relied on LSD in designing circuit chips

Schwartz said that several of the early computer engineers relied on LSD in designing circuit chips, especially in the years before they could be designed on computers. "You had to be able to visualize a staggering complexity in three dimensions, hold it all in your head. They found that LSD could help.

We realized you cannot create a car by simply gathering needed components.

I think you need to, as an architect, understand the essence of a place and create a building that feels like it resonates with the culture of a place. So my buildings in India or in Kansas City or in Arkansas or in Singapore, they come out different because the places are so different.

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

I actually don't have a single regret, professionally or domestically. I planned it that way.

We're a very active family, and I like everything in its place. I'm all about designing every little space. It will help me in the business of being a mom. Every single day is so crazy with my work that I just need to be able to come home and do that business as efficiently as I try to do my professional work.

I don't remember a single thing in my childhood that was not related in some way to building.

Oh, I think Janie Bryant is a genius. I mean, I think she changed menswear almost single-handedly with what she did on 'Mad Men.'

I think an important approach for designers to take is to have a very - not singular but focused point of view.

I personally love mini bouquets randomly throughout my bathroom and my dressing room. I'll put a small bouquet on a dresser or on a round marble table in my bathroom next to the sink.

Developing games for the PC and consoles is all about everything and the kitchen sink. In many ways, you don't have design decisions to make. You do it all. So I enjoy going back to making decisions about what's important as I'm working on a game.

I don't like to design single objects. I like my pieces to have a relationship to each other. They can be mother and child, like the Schmoo salt and pepper shakers, or brother and sister like the Birdie salt and peppers, or cousins, like most of my dinnerware sets.

I used to make clothes for my sister's dolls. I couldn't care less for the dolls, but I could make the clothes really easily.

We've always wanted to do a clothing line, and I personally love doing stuff with my sisters; I think it makes the whole process that much better.

My sisters and I are very hands-on with our collections. I am really passionate about kids' clothes.

Once you understand this way, you will be able to make your room alive; you will be able to design a house together with your family; a garden for your children; places where you can work; beautiful terraces where you can sit and dream.

When you go to a site, you usually run into usability problems pretty quickly. They're not hidden. They're not complicated. They're not baffling. They were in the design or crept into the design.

My mum used to be an interior designer in those days. I was 5 years old when I used to go with her on sites and I fell in love with the world of color and design.

Each new situation requires a new architecture.

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.

Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations.

There is no reason we can't design a car to last for 35 years instead of six or seven.