I don't start with a design objective, I start with a communication objective. I feel my project is successful if it communicates what it is supposed to communicate.

I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure.

Design is an unknown.

Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.

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.