Quotes About Functionality

ARCHITECTURE, n The art of how to waste space.

There was, when I came to New York in the 1970s, no more profound or moving experience than MoMA, an almost perfect piece of 20th Century modernist expression, existing in an extraordinary balance - modestly, functionally, elegantly - with the extraordinary art it held. This place changed my life. I was transformed by every visit.

People are looking for more than a faster and faster PC. It has to do what they want. Will it fill some void, add some value, deliver something that they can't do previously at a price that people are willing to pay for?

If you can't eat it, shoot it, or wear it, don't bring it.

I like bags that are easy to wear and are pretty to look at. But I don't like them when they have no space and you can't put anything in them.

A Mac PowerBook is a thing to behold.

Is this thing on?

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.

Puma was all about function and not at all about design. The founder of the company always believed functionality and performance were the only ingredients that could make Puma successful and design never mattered.

When I'm doing kitchen planning as well as bathroom design, I try to walk through the day with the homeowner. If we're talking about a kitchen, it will be: So, we are walking in with the groceries. When we are taking them out of the car, where will they go? What is the distance to fridge, to pantry?

PCs don't suck. They're inadequate.

To put it simply, it doesn't matter how many other messaging apps are out there if all of them suck.

Dresses that don't wrinkle are key. They don't take up a whole lot of space and you can throw four into a suitcase.

One product that you can never go wrong with is sunglasses because they are easy to misplace. I always get a couple of pairs every year.

si el optimismo es rígido y desproporcionado deja de ser funcional.

The elegant simplicity of Square (and that of Dorsey's earlier creation, Twitter) is a product of rigorous inquiry: Dorsey maintains that good design is about removing unnecessary features by continually asking, Do we really need this? and What can we take away?

Biology is only the best hint as to what was functional in the past but not necessarily about what will be in the future. The most empowering question we can ask about the future is not "What is the future and how do we adapt?" but "How do we want our future to be and how do we adapt?

Ducks are masterfully designed, down to the smallest detail, for both aquatic and terrestrial life.

Windows 7 is like a pumpkin: handsome and plump on the outside, but a big mess on the inside. So get out your knife and start carving.

When you say 'design ' everybody thinks of magazine pages. So it's an emotive word. Everybody thinks it's how something looks, whereas for me, design is pretty much everything.

I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.

I say, I don't think the human frame is very thoughtfully constructed for this sleuthhound business. If one could go on all-fours, or had eyes in one's knees, it would be a lot more practical.

We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.

We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works. How do you recognize something that is still technology? A good clue is if it comes with a manual.