The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design.
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Designers take care of everything around us. Everything that is around us, this table, this chair, this lamp, this pen has been designed. All of these things, everything has been designed by somebody.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Design influences our environment and daily lives.
This quote by Massimo Vignelli emphasizes the pervasive role of design in our everyday surroundings. It highlights that every object we interact with, from furniture to tools, has been deliberately created by a designer, reflecting the importance of thoughtful design in shaping our experience of the world.
Themes
DesignEnvironmentCreativityObjectsArt
In practice
Example use cases
In a presentation about the impact of design on daily living.
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