I brought a lot of my own pieces of clothes to the design room when I first met with the design team just so they could see what my style was like. Nastia Liukin bringclothedesign Change image and share on social
How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative? Michael Arad contemplativedesignfeel Change image and share on social
My dad wanted me to be a professional person, which I was - I was a civil engineer. I graduated from civil engineering at USC in California. I became an engineer, and I helped design the roads for the L.A. County Roads Department. And I did that for about one and a half years in a sense to please my parents - to be a 'respectable' person. James Hong californiacivilcounty share on social
If I wasn't an actress, I'd be a designer. I love interior design and inventing things that are practical but also beautiful - looking at a space and creating magic. Deborra-Lee Furness actressbeautifulcreate Change image and share on social
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 advertisebeautydesigner Change image and share on social
If you watched companies such as Sony and Samsung grow, they focused first on features and then on industrial design, which made their products look and feel better. Jefferson Han companydesignfeature Change image and share on social
I might want to open a hotel and design all the rooms. Or maybe a museum that lets me curate all the events. Theophilus London curatedesignevent Change image and share on social
When I take on a design project, I have to jet from the bookstore to the hardware shop to the lamp store and back again just to collect a small portion of the many items I need to fill a home. But, when you hit the flea market, they're all right there. From booth to booth, you have the bases covered. Nate Berkus backbasisbookstore share on social
So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me. Marc Newson designexistlive Change image and share on social
The profusion of fonts is one more product of the digital revolution. Beginning in the mid-'80s and accelerating in the 1990s, type design weathered the sort of radical, technology-driven transformation that other creative industries, including music, publishing, and movies, now face. Virginia Postrel 1990s80saccelerate share on social