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Quote by Cecil Parkinson

“It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.”

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Cecil Parkinson, a prominent British politician, was born on September 1, 1931, and passed away on January 22, 2016. He was active in British politics for decades and held several important positions. more

“The brilliance here is appropriation: space, form and interface combine to create a Jetsons sound machine. A dream of music access that just hovers, its floating defines a space. The shape seems so obviously sci-fi, but fresh. The function could follow the form. The shape is beautiful and functional-which hits both of the pillars of American Needs right on the head.”

Needs Dream Seems Beautiful Form Sound Space Shapes Machines Function Access Sci Fi Floating Brilliance Pillars Interfaces Appropriation

Author:Tucker Viemeister

“The designer must think first and work later.”

Thinking Firsts Designer

Author:Will Burtin

“The floating world is the realm of the graphic designer”

World Realms Designer Floating Graphic Graphic Designer

Book:Architecture must burn

Source: Architecture must burn

“What makes sense is not law, syntax, rules or structure”

Law Structure Make Sense Syntax

Author:Aaron Betsky

“I've had my ups and downs in my private life.”

Private Life Ups & Downs

Author:Novak Djokovic

“The first thing to learn about the deep structure of modern design is that it is relation-seeking and pleasurably so.”

Firsts Modern Design Relation Structure Seeking

Book:What Is a Designer: Things, Places, Messages

Source: What Is a Designer: Things, Places, Messages

“By actively thinking about the implications a space has on its inhabitants, we can create great experiences for those who enter. Make Space is an articulate account about the importance of space; how we think about it, build it and thrive in it.”

Thinking Space Accounts Importance Thrive Implications Great Experiences

Author:James P Hackett

“Once you think you have the formula for good design, you’re dead. You cease to be a good designer at that point.”

Thinking Design Cease Designer Formulas Good Design

Author:Michael Vanderbyl

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