Dutch - Designer | July 2, 1963 -
Nobody's interested in something that could've been done before.
Marcel Wanders
NobodyDoneSomethingBeenBefore
So much in design is presented as a big miracle when it's just a repetition of what's been happening for 80 years.
DesignRepetitionYearsMiracleBig
The things I own are sacred.
OwnThingsSacred
Opulence doesn't cost more than boring.
BoringMoreCostThanOpulence
In tech, people want an object for what's inside it, what it does. You need to make a defensive design that people won't walk away from. A chair is aggressive - you want a customer to choose it from many others.
WalkPeopleDesignChairYouChoose
I don't just want to create products. I want to reach into people's hearts and minds. I want to create memories.
MemoriesPeopleReachCreateWant
I can't be boring. If people like my designs, then meet me and find out that I'm boring, they won't want my stuff.
PeopleMeFindWantMeetBoring
If something is functional, you no longer think about it. I care about how meaningful things are.
ThinkCareYouMeaningfulSomething
A good gift celebrates the relationship between the giver and the receiver. When you open that box, you feel like, 'Wow, you really understood me.' At the same time, you think this gift could come only from that person.
GoodRelationshipTimeMeGiftYou
My mom and dad had a store, and sometimes people would return broken stuff. I'd take it apart and reassemble it. At 16, I really understood the architecture of things.
ArchitectureBrokenPeopleMomTake
We should make things that people don't want to throw away.
PeopleWantThingsAwayMakeThrow
I have been a designer all my life, and design, for me, is to share love and trust and show the future in a beautiful way. I have worked on this principle all my life.
LifeLoveFutureBeautifulTrustMe
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