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Accessible design is good design.
Steve Ballmer on design

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.
Donald Norman on design

The proper study of mankind is the science of design.
Herbert Simon on design

So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward.
Genevieve Gorder on design

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.
Daniel Libeskind on design

What is design? It's where you stand with a foot in two worlds - the world of technology and the world of people and human purposes - and you try to bring the two together.
Mitchell Kapor on design

Design is people.
Jane Jacobs on design

A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
Edith Head on design

The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.
Leo Fender on design

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 on design

I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure.
Robin Day on design

Design is an unknown.
Geoffrey Beene on design

Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.
Kenzo Tange on design

Outside of the chair, the teapot is the most ubiquitous and important design element in the domestic environment and almost everyone who has tackled the world of design has ended up designing one.
David McFadden on design

To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.
Milton Glaser on design

Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture - and forget that merchandise must be sold.
James Randolph Adams on design

Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.
Ivan Chermayeff on design

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present.
Jim Rohn on design

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Jim Rohn on design

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