Quotes About Functionality

Every project has its own logic and parameters. In some objects, functionality is primary, and in others, it is rather inconsequential.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.

Products have to be designed in a way that they are comprehensible.

I believe that robots should only have faces if they truly need them.

We aren't showing off our muscles. We wear the tight-tailored jerseys for a technical reason. Defensive lineman are allowed to grab, so you don't want a lot of loose material.

The marketplace judges technologies by their practical effectiveness, by whether they succeed or fail to do the job they are designed to do.

Taken as a whole, consumer technologies have made startling advances, but they still are not as easy to use as they should be.

Google is in a position where it doesn't even have to strive to become a hip, conscious choice. Brands are temporary fads. Functionality is forever. Google just has to 'be,' and everyone will end up there sooner or later.

One fragment from Vis consists of a ski tip, under which there is a wedge-like protuberance. It is carved in the shape of an elk's head facing towards the rear.3 It was evidently designed as a brake to prevent slipping backwards – a forerunner of modern waxless cross-country skis.

But nobody had been interested in inert and prosaic things like crowbars.

was an aesthetically pleasing, yet highly functional, combination of old and new.

The role of helpmate indicates not a status of inferiority but a functional difference. The Wife is in submission to her husband in the same way Christ is in submission to the Father. Yet Christ and the Father are equal and one! There cannot be two leaders. The purpose is functional teamwork that allows two people to complement each other each other, not compete with each other, in life.

An ugly system is one in which there are special interfaces for everything you want to do. Unix is the opposite. It gives you the building blocks that are sufficient for doing everything. That's what having a clean design is all about.

It would be very interesting to design objects for everyday life, something where the ideas that are expressed can be launched into society.

La teoria è quando si sa tutto e niente funziona. La pratica è quando tutto funziona e nessuno sa il perché. Noi abbiamo messo insieme la teoria e la pratica: non c'è niente che funzioni... e nessuno sa il perché!

He decided there was a lot to be said for bulldozers. They were honest vehicles—honest in the sense that they did not purport to be anything other than what they were.

The alternative to good design is bad design, not no design at all.

The technology of the time dictated the way things looked.

I firmly believe that if your environment works for you and your family, it translates into a better life.

We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better battery life, requiring lower power for the actual electronics.

I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.

Everything in the Shaker community was built for service. Nothing was put there without a purpose, and there was no wasted frills. Nothing was built or done just because it was pleasing to the eye.

The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.

The Every Day Calendar is 0% Internet connected, so no apps, WiFi, bluetooth or computer programs are needed to set it up. Just plug it into the wall and you're ready to go.