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" Don't bring on the design engineers too soon. One of the worst things you can do in the early phases of a project is to bring on a bunch of detailed design engineers and then not give them clear direction and close supervision. "

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" In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good. "

Michael Graves

Mind

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Day

" The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. "

" The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them. "

" I believe well-designed places and objects can actually improve healing, while poor design can inhibit it. "

" Good design should be honest. "

" The craftless anarchy of the Beat poets on the one hand, and the extreme control of Henry James on the other, suggest that for most human beings, just as both freedom and discipline are necessary in life, serendipity and design must coexist in a work to make it readable. "

" You cannot design shoes if you only think about fashion; it's too realistic. When I design, I dream. "

" I have a notebook, and I know what decisions will be made in pre-production. Everything is pre-determined in the pre-production period. I visually design the whole thing, and I know when things will happen. "

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Design

Know

Everything

" To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons. "

" Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design. "

" 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. "

" While 'The Endless Summer' poster was designed at the Art Center College of Design in the contemporary style of its time, the image grew out of my relationship with Rick Griffin and our deep relationship to surf images. "

" The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. "

" When you're 8 years old, and you've become subconsciously familiar with the layout and design of Black Sparrow books, and you know the difference between Miles Davis and John Coltrane, something is bound to stick. "

" There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a few. "

Victor Papanek

Than

Industrial

" I'm interested in technology for the masses. Good tech design should not just be for enthusiasts but for the general public. It should be something that touches everyone. "

" To be the Grand Marshal of the most recognized Halloween parade in the world is so much fun. People plan for months and months to design their costumes, and it is amazing. It is a true competition and amazing to watch everyone. "

" With the Larry Bertlemann portrait, I started with a photograph that I could use for it. I built the drawing's identity to serve as a graphic identity. After a number of sketches, I went into my own abstract vernacular of drawn lines and shapes to create the composition for the poster design. "

" After working with clothes for so long, it seemed right to design them. "

" The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest son, I had to take over his shop, his profession and so on and so on. I tried to escape by going to art school and then going on to industrial design and then interior design. "

" As a director, I design every movie to be true to itself, and damn it if they like it, and damn it if they don't. "

" I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression. "

John Malkovich

Details

" Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven. "

Sofia Coppola

Acting

Design

" Design our world so that we have positive social and environmental side effects. "

" In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power. "

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

" We have achieved tremendous success in Ireland and internationally on the strength of our creativity and design skills. "

" I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me. "

" I have lived with my husband more than I have with my parents... I live beside him, and know his worries, his hopes, and his dreams for his nation. We believe that things happen by design, not in an arbitrary way. And we believe it is our duty to make things happen. "

" 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. "