Design Quotes

It's a very strange thing for a designer to say, but one of the things that really irritates me in products is when I'm aware of designers wagging their tails in my face.

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.

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.

Good design doesn't date. Bad design does.

I'm a designer, and I think if you work in fashion, you have to give people fantasy.

Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.

British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class.

I've learned a tremendous amount over the years by watching designers work. I now have a good understanding of what sits well on the body, not to mention the importance of a great cut and quality.

I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

The proper study of mankind is the science of design.

A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.

Design is everything. Everything!

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve 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.