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Art Nouveau drew inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus drew inspiration from engineering. — P. J. O'Rourke

I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there. — Demetri Martin

And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good. — Karlheinz Stockhausen

Architects design houses. I live in a home. — Peter Eisenman

If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in. — Dasha Zhukova

Everything we do is designed, whether we're producing a magazine, a website, or a bridge. Design is really the creative invention that designs everything. — Henry Petroski

I always loved designing, but the context needs to be right, and have a positive perspective. — Hedi Slimane

A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body. — Christian Dior

The attitude and capacity of the factory, the old metal table and the new ideas of the wooden furniture quickly and naturally suggested the possibility of metal furniture. — Donald Judd

Good design is good business. — Ian Schrager

Complexity mumbles. Simplicity speaks — Ted Agon The Human Key...

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. — Arthur Erickson

The fact that the people who built the site didn't care enough to make things obvious-and easy-can erode our confidence in the site and the organization behind it. — Steve Krug Don't Make Me...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. — Douglas Adams Mostly Harmless

Great designers produce pleasurable experiences. — Donald A. Norman The Design of...

Why do people buy an expensive, complicated toaster when a simpler, less-expensive toaster would work just as well? Why all the buttons and controls on steering wheels and rearview mirrors? Because these are the features that people believe they want. They make a difference at the time of sale, which is when such features matter most. Why do we deliberately build things that confuse the people who use them? Answer: because the people want the features. Because the so-called demand for simplicity is a myth whose time has passed, if it ever existed. — Donald A. Norman Living with...

For example, they recently had a piece on a character--I think his name was Ambrosio D'Urbervilles--whose design statement was to stuff an entire apartment from floor to ceiling with dark purple...

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

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