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"Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose."

"Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose."

Charles Eames, American Designer

Design, Purpose

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"Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."

"Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."

Paul Rand, American Designer

Design, Art, Aesthetics, Content

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"I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself."

"I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself."

Ursula Andress, Swiss Actress

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"The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have."

"The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have."

Tadao Ando, Japanese Architect

Design, Building, Detail, Want

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"Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working on the solution of the gag, which is composition, placing, equilibrium, and character design."

"Sometimes, you start with the drawing and then the gag comes to you in the middle of it. That is when you start working on the solution of the gag, which is composition, placing, equilibrium, and character design."

Sergio Aragones, Spanish Cartoonist

Design, Character, Solution

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"Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response."

"Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response."

April Greiman, American Designer

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"User-centered design means working with your users all throughout the project."

"User-centered design means working with your users all throughout the project."

Donald Norman, American Scientist

Design, Project

21

"It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed."

"It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed."

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Design, Communism

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"Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service."

"Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service."

Steve Jobs, American Businessman

Design, Essence, Creation

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"Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone."

"Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone."

Donald Norman, American Scientist

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"The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference."

"The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

Design, Purpose, Blind, Evil

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"Gaming in general is a male thing. It isn't that gaming is designed to exclude women. Everybody who's tried to design a game to interest a large female audience has failed. And I think that has to do with the different thinking processes of men and women."

"Gaming in general is a male thing. It isn't that gaming is designed to exclude women. Everybody who's tried to design a game to interest a large female audience has failed. And I think that has to do with the different thinking processes of men and women."

Gary Gygax, American Inventor

Design, Men, Women, Interest

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"Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it."

"Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it."

Pierre Bonnard, French Artist

Design, Quality

12

"Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures."

"Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures."

Tom Peters, American Businessman

Design, Quality, Improvement, Manufacturing

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"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Design, Mistake, People, Fools

9

"User-centered design means understanding what your users need, how they think, and how they behave - and incorporating that understanding into every aspect of your process."

"User-centered design means understanding what your users need, how they think, and how they behave - and incorporating that understanding into every aspect of your process."

Jesse James Garrett, American Businessman

Design, Understanding

9

"While I was at college studying design I decided to paint. I was also greatly inspired by the colours that I had seen on my travels in the Brazilian Rain forest."

"While I was at college studying design I decided to paint. I was also greatly inspired by the colours that I had seen on my travels in the Brazilian Rain forest."

John Dyer, American Poet

Design, College, Rain

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"The proper study of mankind is the science of design."

"The proper study of mankind is the science of design."

Herbert Simon, American Scientist

Design, Science, Mankind, Study

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"Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful."

"Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful."

Dieter Rams, German Designer

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"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."

"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."

Marilyn French, American Author

Design, Time, Children, Weapons

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"I don't start with a design objective, I start with a communication objective. I feel my project is successful if it communicates what it is supposed to communicate."

"I don't start with a design objective, I start with a communication objective. I feel my project is successful if it communicates what it is supposed to communicate."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

Design, Successful, Communication, Project

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"Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors."

"Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Design, Eccentricity, Paradise, Heresy

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"I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary."

"I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary."

Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman

Design, People, Act, Argument

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"I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction."

"I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction."

Diana Ross, American Actress

Design, Direction, Fashion, School

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"The details are not the details. They make the design."

"The details are not the details. They make the design."

Charles Eames, American Designer

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"All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it."

"All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it."

Vera Wang, American Designer

Design, Body, Dancing, Thinking

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"Design is people."

"Design is people."

Jane Jacobs, American Sociologist

7

"Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design."

"Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design."

Adam Ferguson, Scottish Philosopher

Design, Action, Blindness, Execution

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"But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs."

"But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs."

Niklaus Wirth, Swiss Scientist

Design, Contemplation, Old, Programming

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"I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving."

"I've been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving."

Jeffery Veen, American Entrepreneur

Design, Discipline

7

"I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production."

"I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production."

Adolf Galland, German Soldier

Design, Time, Existence, First

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

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

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Design, People, Positive, Moods

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"There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens."

"There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens."

Douglas Trumbull, American Director

Design, Computer, Film

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"So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it has the same things that are in the movie. In just a few frames it's got to communicate something clearly and dramatically."

"So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it has the same things that are in the movie. In just a few frames it's got to communicate something clearly and dramatically."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

Design, Work, Character

6

"I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad."

"I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad."

Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer

Design, Work, Home

6

"I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body."

"I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body."

Gianni Versace, Italian Designer

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"If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls."

"If you decide to design your own language, there are thousands of sort of amateur language designer pitfalls."

Guido van Rossum, Dutch Scientist

Design, Language

6

"Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist."

"Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist."

Terence, Roman Writer

6

"Luck is the residue of design."

"Luck is the residue of design."

Branch Rickey, American Athlete

6

"We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can."

"We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can."

David Brainerd, American Clergyman

Design, God, Work, World

6

"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering."

"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering."

Freeman Dyson, American Physicist

Design, Ideas, Engineering

6

"Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it."

"Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

Design, Danger, Delay, Ruin

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"If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed."

"If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed."

Tom Watson, American Golfer

Design, Strategy, Needs

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"I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit."

"I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit."

William Bell, American Musician

Design, Artist, Jobs, Writer

5

"We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world."

"We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world."

Jim Henson, American Entertainer

Design, Work, Thought, Selling

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"For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind."

"For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind."

James Rouse, American Businessman

Design, Belief, Purpose, Improvement

5

"A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist."

"A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

5

"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes."

"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

Design, Art, Blood, Eyes

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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."

"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."

Clement Mok, American Businessman

Design, Technology, Business, Being

5

"So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I started to imagine and design it for myself a lot of the time."

"So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I started to imagine and design it for myself a lot of the time."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

Design, Time, Light, Want

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