Design Quotes

3017 Design quotes by 1636 unique authors

In the next 50 years, the increasing importance of designing spaces for human communication and interaction will lead to expansion in those aspects of computing… — Terry Winograd
I have felt terribly from the beginning when I saw the problems and recognized that they would be ongoing. We were hired to put back… — Ben Crenshaw
I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and… — Tommy Hilfiger
My passion for music has always inspired my designs. — Tommy Hilfiger
To eliminate the concept of waste means to design things-products, packaging, and systems-from the very beginning on the understanding that waste does not exist. — William McDonough
If we think about things having multiple lives, cradle to cradle, we could design things that can go back to either nature or back to… — William McDonough
And to use something as elegant as a tree? Imagine this design assignment: Design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, makes complex… — William McDonough
I think as designers we realize design is a signal of intention, but it also has to occur within a world and we have to… — William McDonough
Design is the first signal of human intention. — William McDonough
Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction. — Marc Ribot
Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious… — Bill Mollison
Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable human environments...Permaculture uses the inherent qualities of plants and animals combined with the natural characteristics of landscapes… — Bill Mollison
Traditional agriculture was labour intensive, industrial agriculture is energy intensive, and permaculture-designed systems are information and design intensive. — David Holmgren
A culture that just views a pig as a pile of protoplasmic inanimate structure, and can be manipulated by whatever creative design humans can foist… — Joel Salatin
Living through the 1929 Great Depression helped shape my social conscience. During this time, I realized the earth was still the same place, manufacturing plants… — Jacque Fresco
We must stop constantly fighting for human rights and equal justice in an unjust system, and start building a society where equal rights are an… — Jacque Fresco
In our society, we move people out of government. It's all operated by machines, meaning – not the people, just the products: the farming, the… — Jacque Fresco
If there's a group like Amish people, that want to live their own lifestyle – they don't want to live in our city – they… — Jacque Fresco
The social designs that are proposed in [The Venus Project] merely provide the opportunity for individuals to develop their fullest potential in whatever endeavor they… — Jacque Fresco
There's no way to design a society that's optimal or utopian. Â It's better than the one that was. Â Systems always undergo change. — Jacque Fresco
The fact that cultures are failing all over the world means that they don't know how to operate a society to make it work. Politicians… — Jacque Fresco
You cannot advocate decency and ethics, you must design the conditions that eliminate the problems. Â In scarcity, people will tend to steal. Â If… — Jacque Fresco
You can't exceed the system with language. Â You can only exceed the system with events; recommended procedures that are better. Â You can't exceed… — Jacque Fresco
In the future, in a saner system, we would design products not to wear out and break down; to last as long as possible, so… — Jacque Fresco
There's no such thing as designing the perfect utopian city. Everything is subject to change. There are no final frontiers. — Jacque Fresco

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