Quotes About Design

Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power.

I deeply believe that a beautiful decor can have a beneficial influence on our lives.

You cannot design shoes if you only think about fashion; its too realistic. When I design, I dream.

The advance of genetic engineering makes it quite conceivable that we will begin to design our own evolutionary progress.

Design isn't crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It's figuring out if there's a way to get rid of the button altogether.

The business of schools is to design, create, and invent high-quality, intellectually demanding schoolwork that students find engaging.

Burberry is now as much a media-content company as we are a design company...

Accident is design / And design is accident / In a cloud of unknowing.

I design like I breathe. You don't ask to breathe. It just happens

Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.

Anyone that would letterspace blackletter would steal sheep.

Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it's decoration.

A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics, not for the tenants.

It is in the contrast of light and dark that design happens.

Good Web design is about the character of the content, not the character of the designer.

The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes.

The laws of physics ... seem to be the product of exceedingly ingenious design... The universe must have a purpose.

Massive Change is not about the world of design; it's about the design of the world.

The real value of tests is not that they detect bugs in the code but that they detect inadequacies in the methods, concentration, and skills of those who design and produce the code.

I didnt think that personal style had much value in graphic design.

The essential test of design is how well it assists the understanding of the content, not how stylish it is.

We must accept human error as inevitable - and design around that fact.

No longer associated simply with objects and appearances, design is increasingly understood in a much wider sense as the human capacity to plan and produce desired outcomes.

Design cannot rescue failed content.