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Design must be functional and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.

— Ferdinand Porsche

“What separates design from art is that design is meant to be... functional . ”

— Cameron Moll

When I was young, all we ever heard about was functionalism, functionalism, functionalism. It’s not enough. Design should also be sensual and exciting.

— Ettore Sottsass

Function is fundamental to design, of course. If something doesn't work, it's a bad product, and I certainly get frustrated by things that aren't…

— Marcel Wanders

Design is thinking made visual.

— Saul Bass

There is artistic beauty to the way biology functions, nature functions, and science functions. I am trying to bring that kind of understanding in…

— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

“The reason such prototypes are sustainable, however briefly, and ultimately important is not their capacity to do what the technology is meant to do;…

— Tim Wu

In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But…

— Arne Jacobsen

I try to look at design from a more conceptual standpoint.

— Cynthia Rowley

Design is... above all an effort to improve reality... I always try to begin with considerations of its function... I ask myself, who needs…

— Gianfranco Frattini

To the designer, great design is beautiful design. A significant amount of effort must be placed into making the product attractive. To the client,…

— Anonymous

Function is a fantasy...the form of designed things is decided by choice or else by chance; but it is never actually entailed by anything…

— David Pye