Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.
The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.
I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation.
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.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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.
The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.
When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.
Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.
Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.
You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
Agriculture as we know it needs to disappear. We can design better and healthier proteins than we get from nature.
