Quotes About Functionality

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.

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

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

A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

When design springs from an understanding of the people who are going to use a product, you begin to see forms that you would never have imagined.

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

Any product that needs a manual to work is broken.

Why would you design something if it didn't improve the human condition?

Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.

Really great products, like @nest, have #design baked in from the beginning instead of slapped on at the end.

The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple.

Generally people are more impressed with the services and the comfort issues than the design.

The design should make the product speak to you.

When designing a kitchen, always keep in mind the social aspect.

I'm a minimalist when it comes to design.

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.

You don't have to know how to build an automobile or a television set or a laptop to know how to use it.

Why do we need to know about the human mind? Because things are designed to be used by people, and without a deep understanding of people, the designs are apt to be faulty, difficult to use, difficult to understand.

If the system lets you make the error, it is badly designed.

Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible, serving us without drawing attention to itself.

Design is concerned with how things work, how they are controlled, and the nature of the interaction between people and technology.

Usable designs are not necessarily enjoyable to use.

POET, The Psychology of Everyday Things