I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.
You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
Agriculture as we know it needs to disappear. We can design better and healthier proteins than we get from nature.
A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in it, doodle in it, write notes in it, and I put pictures in it.
Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.
Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.
Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature.
Trends in fashion, design and pop culture are taking on more global influence, and of course, one thing that's always in style is color.
