Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.
A design isn't finished until someone is using it.
I'm a designer, but I rely on programmers to bring my ideas to life. By learning to code myself, I think I can make things easier for all of us. Similarly, I want to be able to build things on my own without having to bother a programmer.
Sometimes I feel like what's hard for fashion designers to do is take looks from off the runway and actually put it into existence, into reality. That's really the hard part.
When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.
An architect doesn't go off with a shovel and dig his foundation and lay every brick. He's still an artist.
Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design.
No manufacturer, from General Motors to the Little Lulu Novelty Company, would think of putting a product on the market without benefit of a designer.
