Quotes About Design

I am working on a dress sock line of funky, colorful, cool designs.

The worst misstep one can make in design is to solve the wrong problem.

Practice design, Not Decoration: Don't just make pretty talking points. Instead, display information in a way that makes complex information clear.

Decoration is just make-up for the wrinkles of the idea.

The word design is everything and nothing. The design and the product itself are inseparable.

Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.

The most important job of an entrepreneur is to design the business before there is a business.

When you have something truthful to say, it will design itself.

Minimalism in interior design has become a caricature. Everywhere you find shops or hotels with an ambience that makes you feel like you are in a refrigerator.

Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure.

If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls.

There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design.

The reason for designing new media is simple - to subtly and quietly change the world.

There is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings.

It wasn't an architect or a designer who invented objects, but an artisan.

It is easier to talk than to listen. Pay attention to your clients, your users, your readers, and your friends. Your design will get better as you listen to other people.

Attention must be paid' is the cardinal rule of design discipline, for the designer is above all someone who pays attention to the situation at hand.

A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in it, doodle in it, write notes in it and I put pictures in it.

great web design without functionality is like a sports car with no engine.

Verbalizing design is another act of design.

Once you eliminate quality as a requirement, the entire design process becomes a whole lot easier.

The upward thrust of evolution as part of the design becomes something to preserve and revere.

Why can't we have those curves and arches that express feeling in design? What is wrong with them? Why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles - and functional?

After the design is firmly fixed, the decoration is added. Decorating is the final enhancement.