“You explore concepts and things that interest you, but you are also exploring inside of yourself.” Quote by Ed Paschke
“The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context.” FormDesignProjectsTasksEssenceTransformation Author:Vittorio Gregotti
“The idea that you make an experience that requires a conversation in a public place is training for the fact that culture is collective.” IdeasFactsCultureDesignConversationTrainingCollectives Author:Edwin Schlossberg
“Architecture is not created by individuals. The genius sketch ... is a myth. Architecture is made by a team of committed people who work together, and in fact, success usually has more to do with dumb determination than with genius.” PeopleMadeFactsTogetherIndividualTeamDesignGeniusDeterminationCommittedMythArchitectureDumbWorking Together Author:Joshua Prince-Ramus
“As we move into the 21st century, it becomes ever clearer that the ultimate, most intimate territory for design is not electronics, or interiors, or furniture, or the Web. It's us-our own living, breathing, biological selves. ... the personal makeover has become our most fundamental design task.” SelfMovingCenturyDesignTasksUltimateFundamentalsBreathingIntimateTerritory21st CenturyInteriorsFurnitureElectronicsMakeovers Author:Rick Poynor
“Architecture is an imposed art in some ways, imposed upon the public, so people must be sure about what you're doing. You have to be sure about what you're doing.” PeopleWayArtDesignArchitectureDoing You Author:Renzo Piano
“There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.” IfsReasonNiceDesignNo ReasonUnhappiness Author:Isaac Mizrahi
“There is so much blandness and grayness out there, people want to be able to say "it's mine." They want to customize their cars like they customize a jeans jacket.” PeopleWantAbleCarDesignMinesJeansJackets Author:Neil Gershenfeld
“The good designer aims at a perfect fusion of the various considerations which enter into his design. He aims at an untortured unity-a direct whole. He arranges his levels consciously or subconsciously, adhearing to the requisites of the problem he is asked to solve or to his own inclination. Some designers see total act through a disc of aesthetic considerations-others, more practical minded, may put economic considerations at top level.” MayWholeProblemPerfectLevelsEconomicDesignDirectAimUnityVariousSolvePracticalsDesignerConsiderationAestheticInclinationFusionGood DesignDiscs Author:Leo Lionni
“Good design today requires more vision (a larger point of view versus the single brilliant idea), more consistency (a deeper underlying structure of language and form versus the simple, uniform application of visual elements) and more patience (persistence over time versus creative authoritarianism).” IdeasTodayFormLanguageSimpleViewsVisionCreativeDesignElementsStructureDeeperPoint Of ViewBrilliantPersistenceVisualsApplicationUniformsConsistencyVersusAuthoritarianismBrilliant IdeasGood Design Author:William Drenttel