--- title: "9 Industrial Designer Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Industrial Designer quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Industrial Designer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/david-chipperfield-22218_design_i-do-very-little-industrial-design-i-m-a_971224.png" --- > [I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-chipperfield/i-do-very-little-industrial-design-i-m-asked-a-lot-but-i-certainly/) [David Chipperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-chipperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/david-chipperfield-22218_design_i-do-very-little-industrial-design-i-m-a_971224.png) > [I don't call myself an 'industrial designer,' because I'm other things. Industrial designers want to make novel things. Novelty is a concept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-zeisel/i-don-t-call-myself-an-industrial-designer-because-i-m-other-things/) [Eva Zeisel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-zeisel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/eva-zeisel-22601_aesthetic_i-don-t-call-myself-an-industrial-design_2439458.jpg) > [Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that the most flexible, dynamic, inquisitive minds among my students have been industrial design…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/over-the-past-20-years-i-have-noticed-that-the-most-flexible-dynamic/) [Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/camille-paglia-652_cant_over-the-past-20-years-i-have-noticed-th_2937263.png) > [I never claimed to be a computer engineer, but I did train as an industrial designer, and I am a consumer marketer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-sculley/i-never-claimed-to-be-a-computer-engineer-but-i-did-train-as-an/) [John Sculley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-sculley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/john-sculley-9738_am_i-never-claimed-to-be-a-computer-enginee_2442494.png) > [The words graphic designer, architect, or industrial designer stick in my throat, giving me a sense of limitation, of specialisation within the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-lustig/the-words-graphic-designer-architect-or-industrial-designer-stick-in/) [Alvin Lustig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-lustig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/alvin-lustig-79990_active_the-words-graphic-designer-architect-or_1883953.jpg) > [As an industrial designer, you design the thing by yourself, and then it goes away from you, whereas fashion is in constant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raf-simons/as-an-industrial-designer-you-design-the-thing-by-yourself-and-then/) [Raf Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raf-simons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/raf-simons-7131_away_as-an-industrial-designer-you-design-the_228131.jpg) > [“…no industrial designer worth his salt, or our attention, has been trained to work exclusively on any particular product, unless by accident.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-caplan/no-industrial-designer-worth-his-salt-or-our-attention-has-been/) [Ralph Caplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-caplan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/ralph-caplan-36586_design_no-industrial-designer-worth-his-salt-or_1151090.png) > [I ended up going to do a matches program at the state for industrial design. And from there, I got hired at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arvind-gupta/i-ended-up-going-to-do-a-matches-program-at-the-state-for-industrial/) [Arvind Gupta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arvind-gupta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/arvind-gupta-22886_accomplish_i-ended-up-going-to-do-a-matches-program_2022051.jpg) > [The products we design are going to be ridden in, sat upon, looked at, talked into, activated, operated, or in some way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-dreyfuss/the-products-we-design-are-going-to-be-ridden-in-sat-upon-looked-at/) [Henry Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-dreyfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/henry-dreyfuss-53394_activate_the-products-we-design-are-going-to-be-r_196923.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/industrial-designer/#itemlist", "name": "Industrial Designer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do very little industrial design. 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