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" A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. "
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Chair
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Difficult
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" We are all sensible that the king and Tisaphernes have caused as many of us as they could to be apprehended, and it is plain they design, by the same treacherous means, if they can, to destroy the rest. "
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" Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics. he will not understand what you have to say about architecture most of the time. "
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" I have a company that does design and animation, so obviously graffiti is definitely an intricate part of what we admire and respect in the art world. "
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" I've always loved to paint - I was studying to do an art degree when I was approached to become a model - and I've being doing some design work as well. I also love just having a quiet time, sitting in my little library at home in Brooklyn and reading or watching documentaries or listening to music. "
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" At least since the Industrial Revolution, the world of design has been dominated by the rigors of manufacturing and mass production. Assembly lines have dictated a world made of parts, framing the imagination of designers and architects who have been trained to think about their objects as assemblies of discrete parts with distinct functions. "
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" When I came to MIT, there were four rubrics: science, art, design, and technology. And as you entered your degree, whether it was a master's or a Ph.D., if you were a citizen in one domain, you were a traveler in the other. "
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" I have the same sense of discovery and exhilaration from objects of design and everyday use - I am inspired by the buildings in my city, by park greenery and dazzling store windows, by the jaunty strollers and umbrellas and billboards I walk past. Just strolling our streets, we encounter creativity every single day. "
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" Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep. "
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" A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials. "
Diane von Furstenberg
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" I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality. "
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" There are usually three sections of people who like my work. There are those who like them aesthetically. They see beauty in the images. Second, there are those who like the horror aspect, which is by design, and I like that. Third, there are those who are moved by the historical or political nature of them. They want to talk about them. "
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" I love to paint. And I have another profession - an interior design business. "
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" Once you understand this way, you will be able to make your room alive; you will be able to design a house together with your family; a garden for your children; places where you can work; beautiful terraces where you can sit and dream. "
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" The dynamics of film directing and fashion design - in the ways that I've done it - were not dissimilar. "
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" As the Industrial Age is drawing to a close, I think that we're witnessing the dawn of the era of biological design. "
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" I'd love to design a school. "
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" When I'm doing kitchen planning as well as bathroom design, I try to walk through the day with the homeowner. If we're talking about a kitchen, it will be: So, we are walking in with the groceries. When we are taking them out of the car, where will they go? What is the distance to fridge, to pantry? "
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" Sustainability can't be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge. "
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" My job at the end of the day is to design timeless, desirable, beautiful products. It's not about just designing a bunch of organic jumpers. I have a balance within the brand. If you try to create something people enjoy, and it happens to be made in a responsible way, then that's when you can really strike an incredible balance. "
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" I wish someone would ask me to design a cathedral. "
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" I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic design. I went to film school at Newcastle Polytechnic. "
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" I thought a lot and I controlled my thoughts in my work - and I controlled my work through my thoughts. "
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" I put myself into another world and another identity, and I design not for how my life is but for how my imaginary life is. "
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" The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows. "
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