Good Design Quotes

90 Good Design quotes by 58 unique authors

After all the statistics and calculations are formulated, the one element that breathes life into marketing is good design. — Steve Jobs
The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve… — Olivier Theyskens
Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus. — David Hockney
Graphic design, which evokes the symmetria of Vituvius, the dynamic symmetry of Hambidge, the asymmetry of Mondrian; which is a good gestalt, generated by intuition… — Paul Rand
Good design doesn't date. — Harry Seidler
Hey, I'm a good software engineer, but I'm not exactly known for my fashion sense. White socks and sandals don't translate to 'good design sense'. — Linus Torvalds
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people. — Thomas J. Watson
...I know good design when I fail to trip over it. — Spider Robinson
A good design is not a democratic consensus. — Edward de Bono
Graphic Design, which fulfills aesthetic needs, complies with the laws of form and exigencies of two-dimensional space; which speaks in semiotics, sans-serifs, and geometrics; which… — Paul Rand
I fervently believe in research as a necessity for good design, and I teach it that way. — Brenda Laurel
Good design should be honest. — Ferdinand Porsche
Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design. — Stephen Gardiner
I employ case studies of failure into my courses, emphasizing that they teach us much more than studies of success. It is not that success… — Henry Petroski
I designed the blue box. It was very good design, very simple, easy to build, small parts. Steve was active in it, and eventually made… — Steve Wozniak

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