People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It's not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need and beauty to produce something that the world didn't know it was missing.
Paola AntonelliI want people to understand that design is so much more than cute chairs - that it is first and foremost everything that is around us in our life.
Paola AntonelliDesigners need to be mavericks, because the best way to design a successful object is to pretend that either it never existed or that people will be able to have a new behavior with it.
Paola AntonelliUgly design should be rejected, just like nonfunctional design is rejected, just like nonenvironmentally conscious design should be rejected. It's a value.
Paola AntonelliElegance in objects is everybodyโs right, and it shouldnโt cost more than ugliness.
Paola Antonelli