“For years, I went around the world looking and then painting, but now I have to think first and then paint. It's driven me to find the design concept first, and to rely on my memory and technical skills to supply only those details that are needed.” ThinkingWorldYearsFirstsMemoriesDesignPaintingNeededSkillsConceptsPaintDetailsDrivenAround The WorldRelyTechnical Skills Author:Milford Zornes
“Computers are good at swift, accurate computation and at storing great masses of information. The brain, on the other hand, is notas efficient a number cruncher and its memory is often highly fallible; a basic inexactness is built into its design. The brain's strong point is its flexibility. It is unsurpassed at making shrewd guesses and at grasping the total meaning of information presented to it.” HandsStrongMemoriesNumbersBrainInformationDesignComputerMassBuiltEfficientAccurateFlexibilityGraspingComputation Author:Jeremy Campbell
“Some people grew up in the '70s, powerful, beautiful memories of the '70s which to me is one of the worst decades. It has something to do with that. Has something to with the birth of rock 'n' roll, and something to do with those American cars. an incredible design. There was so much optimism at that time and it must leak into the process.” PeopleBeautifulProcessMemoriesPowerfulWorstRocksCarDesignGrewBirthGrew UpOptimismIncrediblesDecadesRock N RollLeaksBeautiful MemoriesAmerican Cars Author:David Lynch
“One of the things about working for an old school studio like Warner Bros. is that there is an institutional culture and institutional memory, in terms of production design, camera work, and directors who understand how to do this kind of thing.” KindSchoolCultureTermMemoriesDesignDirectorsCamerasProductionsStudiosOld SchoolBrosWarner BrosProduction Design Author:Bruno Heller
“One of my fondest memories was when I was in London as a young, independent businesswoman and stayed at Claridge's. I knew I had made it. To me, Claridge's is the most glamourous hotel in the world; I regard it as my home away from home. I am honoured to become part of the hotel's legacy and rich design history.” WorldMadeHomeYoungMemoriesRichDesignRegardIndependentLondonMade ItLegacyHotelAway From HomeHome Away From Home Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“There may be rhetoric about the socially constructed nature of Western science, but wherever it matters, there is no alternative. There are no specifically Hindu or Taoist designs for mobile phones, faxes or televisions. There are no satellites based on feminist alternatives to quantum theory. Even that great public sceptic about the value of science, Prince Charles, never flies a helicopter burning homeopathically diluted petrol, that is, water with only a memory of benzine molecules, maintained by a schedule derived from reading tea leaves, and navigated by a crystal ball.” MayMatterValuesReadingWaterMemoriesDesignTelevisionTheoryBallsWesternPhonesFeministBurningAlternativesTeaQuantumRhetoricSchedulesMobileCrystalsMoleculesSatellitesHelicoptersQuantum TheoryMobile PhonesScepticFaxPetrolCrystal BallTea Leaves Author:Simon Blackburn