120 quotes found
“My background was in graphic design, but when I was doing it, it was all hand-drawn stuff, not computers.”
“I've found that people who design computers don't know a lot about displays.”
“I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.”
“I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray.”
“To me, it remains incomprehensible that a people who can design the Porsche 911 and sleek, white ice trains, who created the Bauhaus and speak at least three languages at birth, want to own twee Ch...”
“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.”
“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.”
“The proper study of mankind is the science of design.”
“Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.”
“I had given a presentation on design and happiness for quite a long while at design conferences. I had found thinking about the topic helpful for my own practice, as it forced me to consider the fu...”
“Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.”
“London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design.”
“In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.”
“I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interior...”
“I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale.”
“I was always really geeky about design and buildings. Always into architecture as a kid.”
“I've always known I wanted to be in design somehow. It was going to be architecture, but I would've had to quit acting for it. I realized with horology, I could learn at my own pace.”
“Chandeliers are marvels of drop-dead showiness, the jewellery of architecture.”
“I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to en...”
“All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.”
