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" Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to business. Design means being good, not just looking good. "

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" The real opportunity is to harness the inventive power of the world to locally design and produce solutions to local problems. "

Neil Gershenfeld

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" We can't think in terms of designing products that we throw over the wall to customers, but instead, we need to design products that are upgradable and maintainable and that can be mined for materials and components that can be reused. "

" Informed clients are better clients, and they make for better design. "

" There's a simple arithmetical logic at work. Build more unaffordable and not always architecturally sympathetic apartments, watch the rents rise, the tarts leave, the small shops, production offices and design studios close down, and hey presto, we have another fashionable London suburb indistinguishable from the rest. "

" I'm not a mother of children, but I'm a different type of mother where my approach to design is more in line with nature. It's less about dictating and more about editing and listening and allowing something to grow. So I nourish and let the material express what it wants to be. "

" To me, design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort - so you can get on with the things that matter. "

" CSS is the design language of the web, and it is not as easy to use as it ought to be, and it can be confusing, especially if you are new to it. "

" Design is how you make your first impression with your consumers. Make sure it is a lasting one. "

" Design shouldn't have to take a backseat to sustainability and making things responsibly. "

" I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts. "

" After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared. "

" Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods. "

" It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format. "

" What is design? It's where you stand with a foot in two worlds - the world of technology and the world of people and human purposes - and you try to bring the two together. "

" Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. "

" I often read nonfiction with a pencil in hand. I love the feel, the smell, the design, the weight of a book, but I also enjoy the convenience of my Kindle - for travel and for procuring a book in seconds. "

" I was actually a communications major and had never done design. "

" Dubstep has everything for me. Rhythm, sound design, heartfelt emotion - all in one place. "

James Blake

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" A small change at the beginning of the design process defines an entirely different product at the end. "

" Is there a way to design a room in my house where I float around? I would quite enjoy that. It's nuts. "

Karl Lagerfeld

" With increasing fervor since the 1980s, sustainability has been the watchword of scientists, environmental activists, and indeed all those concerned about the complex, fragile systems on the sphere we inhabit. It has shaped debates about business, design, and our lifestyles. "

" It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's day hadn't made enough progress in understanding the forces of nature for that to be a realistic goal. "

" God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him. "

" Similar to computer technology in the '60s, 3-D printing is a universal technology that has the potential to revolutionize our life by enabling individuals to design and manufacture things. "

" 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. "

" I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit. "

" Pictures, abstract symbols, materials, and colors are among the ingredients with which a designer or engineer works. To design is to discover relationships and to make arrangements and rearrangements among these ingredients. "

" You must have the ability to recognize good design and good user experience. These are core things at Airbnb. It doesn't matter which department you're in. "

" People think, for some reason, that I don't care about creativity and art, or helping people. So I would say that the biggest misconception is, when you think about me, when you think about my name, I don't want you to think about design or clothes or music. I want you to think about a person that's just trying to help people. "

" I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. "