I believe that the essence of good design is its ability to sustain long term integrity, to become classic and create a… — Candice Olson Copy Share Image
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials. — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
It's through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good. — Paula Scher Copy Share Image
Good design successfully manages the tensions between user needs, technology feasibility, and business viability. — Tim Brown Copy Share Image
People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It's not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a… — Paola Antonelli Copy Share Image
The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the… — Olivier Theyskens Copy Share Image
I like stuff designed by dead people. The old designers. They always got it right because they didn't have to grow up… — John Maeda Copy Share Image
The Homebrew Computer Club was the highlight of my life. I was too shy to ever talk in the club meeting, but… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
“Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Good design is also an act of communication between the designer and the user, except that all the communication has to come… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good… — Dieter Rams Copy Share Image
The people have a right supreme To make their kings, for Kings are made for them. All Empire is no more than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Good design is as little design as possible. Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products… — Dieter Rams Copy Share Image
A good designer can create a design that accommodates all the constraints and still delivers an elegant, satisfying experience to the user.… — Jesse James Garrett Copy Share Image
I have been called an eco-designer simply because I use wood. But I am not an eco-designer, nor does the use of… — David Trubridge Copy Share Image
To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is… — Yves Behar Copy Share Image
If you remember the shape of your spoon at lunch, it has to be the wrong shape. The spoon and the letter… — Adrian Frutiger Copy Share Image
As much as I'd like to think I'm a really good designer, I'm average. — Curt Schilling Copy Share Image
Good design is clear thinking made visible, bad design is stupidity made visible — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
Good design is partially creativity and innovation, but primarily knowledge and awareness. — Chuck Green Copy Share Image
You can't do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously. — Wim Crouwel Copy Share Image
After all the statistics and calculations are formulated, the one element that breathes life into marketing is good design. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
And with it all, good design's not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to… — Susan Kare Copy Share Image
Training the eye is the most important way to gain an appreciation and understanding of good design in busienss management. — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
I never design a building before I've seen the site and met the people who will be using it. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Being a good designer certainly doesn't guarantee that you're good at business. It's probably more surprising when the two talents coexist in… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
You cannot understand good design if you do not understand people; design is made for people. — Dieter Rams Copy Share Image
Good design is a Renaissance attitude that combines tech, cognitive science, human need and beauty to produce something. — Paola Antonelli Copy Share Image
It's my job to know what's available from every retailer, catalog, website, antiques mall, and craftsperson. A good designer or decorator has… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
Good design is a visual statement that maximizes the life goals of the people in a given culture (or, more realistically, the… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Good design is being able to put a $100,000 thing next to a $20 thing. If it looks right and it works… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Good design is not about form following function. It is function with cultural content. By adding "cultural content" to the concept of… — Carl Magnusson Copy Share Image
Good design is a matter of discipline. It starts by looking at the problem and collecting all the available information about it.… — Massimo Vignelli Copy Share Image
