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Linda's Shad Quote List: Design
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- Buckminster Fuller:
When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty.
I think only about how to solve the problem.
But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful,
I know it is wrong.
- Katrina Galway:
A fuschia cell phone might be pretty,
but a cell phone that does not require a manual--now that's truly beautiful.
- H.L. Mencken:
For every problem there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
- Marshall McLuhan:
If it works, it's obsolete.
- Donald Norman:
I have a rule of thumb for spotting bad design:
Look for posted instructions.
Whenever you see signs explaining how to use something,
it is a badly designed piece of equipment.
- William Morris:
If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it:
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
- Albert Einstein:
Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler.
- Nancy Banks Smith (Guardian, 1969):
In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut
by extending your left leg, it's modern architecture.
- Donald Norman:
I believe that we can create a humane technology,
one that serves and enhances people and society.
But this won't happen unless educated,
concerned people take a hand in the design and application of our technology.
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