Space Planning Quotes

To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.

When I make chairs, they have legs; they can go anywhere in the world. Interiors are a different responsibility. A house is a representation of where you are, and it has to be right for the place.

With everything that I design, from a church to a plate to skyscraper to a spoon. I am always thinking about voluptuous volumes and spaces.

I've always had a fascination with interior design. As a kid, I used to go to real estate open houses with my parents on the weekends. Like a nerd! I would think of how I would piece rooms together at those open houses.

There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.

It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.

I spearhead interior design for all Trump projects.

Hospitality is about trying to support multiple functions in one space.

I'm always moving furniture and things around in my house.

I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong.

I'm going to design the container and interior spaces. You bring your own stuff to it and make it your own.

I really, really like interior design. I grew up in a really old house outside of Philly that was built in 1821. My mom is really into antiques, and my dad is very mid-century. They're not together anymore, so in the middle of growing up, I, all of the sudden, had two houses that were very different but really well done in each of their own ways.

When you're designing clothing, you really only have one point of focus, and that's the body. But home is fabrics and furniture and floors and natural light. If fashion is a planet, home is more like a universe.

My biggest word of advice that I could give to people that are dealing with a home renovation or decoration is to not think about design as it's been presented to you before. I think everybody needs to start designing based on the moments they imagine having in their home and that is what has guided me as a decorator.

I like interior decoration, so I might do something in that. I might, at some point, take two years off to study interior decoration.

In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.

I love walking into an empty room and imagining what it could be.

I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later.

...When someone asks me to help create a room my first reaction, if I do not already know the person, is to try to feel out what he or she really wants the room to be and to understand, if possible, what "memory," old or new, has brought this idea about.

From when I was about seven, I thought I wanted to be an architect. I've always loved spaces and dwellings in general.

Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.

I've got a furniture range with my wife, and I want to get into designing hotels and restaurants as well. We've got a big studio in Victoria and a showroom in Belgravia. I've always been interested in architecture.

There's a very important aspect to all my work, now more than ever, which is tying the interior design and architecture with the art.

When I'm doing kitchen planning as well as bathroom design, I try to walk through the day with the homeowner. If we're talking about a kitchen, it will be: So, we are walking in with the groceries. When we are taking them out of the car, where will they go? What is the distance to fridge, to pantry?

Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use this room for? What do you want to do in this room but can't now?