Design Element Quotes

At a certain point, I got interested in set design for the theater. I was interested in architecture, but I was taking photographs at the same time, and architecture, though it had the design element, it didn't have the narrative, emotional element that I was looking to do. I ended up painting for a while. I was dancing around it, and I realized that all these different interests came together in filmmaking.

Fabric is the foundation of a collection.

For me the working of hair is architecture with a human element.

When a customer receives a dish, they get food and design at the same time.

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

I have always loved aeroplanes and spacecraft and the design element.

In a bathroom choose a bold color pattern on the tile on a feature wall. Simple changes like that add a unique element that stands out.

When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns the energy up.

Certainly, it's not unprecedented in the fashion world to use human hair on clothing.

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.

People don't realize that lighting can change the whole look of a place and the feel.

I'd always been acutely sensitive to my surroundings - and aware that I could make them rather than just observe them. So I began by designing interiors for myself, for friends, for clients - I just felt that I'd discovered my element, and those who really looked at what I was doing liked it - and the rest followed.

I am a huge fan of porcelain in kitchens. It's an easy, interesting material.

The backgrounds by design are a very key part of the conversation, because I want a kind of fight or pressure to exist between the figure and the background.

Light is architectural. It is sculptural.