--- title: "12 Design Team Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Design Team quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Design Team sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/rich-froning-jr-6888_best_throughout-my-partnership-with-reebok-i_1228558.png" --- > [Throughout my partnership with Reebok, I've loved working closely with their product and design team in our shared mission of creating the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-froning-jr/throughout-my-partnership-with-reebok-i-ve-loved-working-closely-with/) [Rich Froning Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-froning-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/rich-froning-jr-6888_best_throughout-my-partnership-with-reebok-i_1228558.png) > [I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pharrell-williams/i-have-an-all-japanese-design-team-and-none-of-them-speak-english-so/) [Pharrell Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pharrell-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/pharrell-williams-2306_design_i-have-an-all-japanese-design-team-and-n_1340396.jpg) > [I brought a lot of my own pieces of clothes to the design room when I first met with the design team…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nastia-liukin/i-brought-a-lot-of-my-own-pieces-of-clothes-to-the-design-room-when-i/) [Nastia Liukin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nastia-liukin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/nastia-liukin-19773_brought_i-brought-a-lot-of-my-own-pieces-of-clot_1108674.png) > [If you want to make computers that really work, create a design team composed only of healthy, active women with lots else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/if-you-want-to-make-computers-that-really-work-create-a-design-team/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/brian-eno-776_active_if-you-want-to-make-computers-that-reall_1316395.jpg) > [I like to work in a small team. There is only 18 of us on the design team. Nobody has ever left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-ive/i-like-to-work-in-a-small-team-there-is-only-18-of-us-on-the-design/) [Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-ive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/jonathan-ive-3015_design_i-like-to-work-in-a-small-team-there-is_1097947.png) > [I don't want to toot all of our horns, but the entire design team and this department really pioneered a bunch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-bieselin-clark/i-don-t-want-to-toot-all-of-our-horns-but-the-entire-design-team-and/) [Christine Bieselin Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-bieselin-clark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/christine-bieselin-clark-40928_beautiful_i-don-t-want-to-toot-all-of-our-horns-bu_2722011.jpg) > [I am one who is very meridione - Southern Italian. I am proud of this. I design everything with my team, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riccardo-tisci/i-am-one-who-is-very-meridione-southern-italian-i-am-proud-of-this-i/) [Riccardo Tisci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riccardo-tisci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/riccardo-tisci-4785_comment_i-am-one-who-is-very-meridione-southern_274478.jpg) > [One of the things that is particularly precious about working at Apple is that many of us on the design team have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-ive/one-of-the-things-that-is-particularly-precious-about-working-at/) [Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-ive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/jonathan-ive-3015_design_one-of-the-things-that-is-particularly-p_1898362.png) > [Apple's Industrial Design team is harder to get into than the Illuminati, and part of the reason is because no one leaves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-ive/apple-s-industrial-design-team-is-harder-to-get-into-than-the/) [Jonathan Ive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-ive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/jonathan-ive-3015_apple_apple-s-industrial-design-team-is-harder_3099854.jpg) > [Marc Jacobs is full of creative people and Louis Vuitton is again a name on the door, a name that has existed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-jacobs/marc-jacobs-is-full-of-creative-people-and-louis-vuitton-is-again-a/) [Marc Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-jacobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/marc-jacobs-2067_artist_marc-jacobs-is-full-of-creative-people-a_2674856.jpg) > [When I am there at our global product development centers, I am meeting with the design team and reviewing design work being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-barra/when-i-am-there-at-our-global-product-development-centers-i-am/) [Mary Barra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-barra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/mary-barra-23037_am_when-i-am-there-at-our-global-product-de_1406455.jpg) > [Collectively with my design team we spent time working on the feel, fit and style to ensure the product is not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-beckham/collectively-with-my-design-team-we-spent-time-working-on-the-feel/) [David Beckham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-beckham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/739/david-beckham-2195_be-proud_collectively-with-my-design-team-we-spen_1627646.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/design-team/#itemlist", "name": "Design Team Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Throughout my partnership with Reebok, I've loved working closely with their product and design team in our shared mission of creating the best fitness products in the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rich Froning Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-froning-jr/throughout-my-partnership-with-reebok-i-ve-loved-working-closely-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/rich-froning-jr-6888_best_throughout-my-partnership-with-reebok-i_1228558.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/rich-froning-jr-6888_best_throughout-my-partnership-with-reebok-i_1228558.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/rich-froning-jr-6888_best_throughout-my-partnership-with-reebok-i_1228558.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Throughout my partnership with Reebok, I've loved working closely with their product and design team in our…” — Rich Froning Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. 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