Design Standards Quotes

Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

You must have the ability to recognize good design and good user experience. These are core things at Airbnb. It doesn't matter which department you're in.

There may be some changes in building codes, but I don't see any stylistic departure that you'll be able to attribute to Sept. 11.

There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.

I believe that to further strategic growth and development via design, we need to have a set of public design policies.

I stayed true to what I thought was good design no matter who it was for.

It should almost be a prerequisite to play Castle Stuart before you're allowed to design golf courses nowadays.

We've gone from a world in which Starbucks set a cutting-edge standard for mass-market design to a world in which Starbucks establishes the bare minimum. If your establishment can't come up with an original look, customers expect at least some sleek wood fixtures, nicely upholstered chairs, and faux-Murano glass pendant lights.

Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.

But the eyes, though they are no sailors, will never be satisfied with any model, however fashionable, which does not answer all the requisitions of art.

The USGA is terrific. I've designed my course in Bedminster to the highest standards of the USGA, and it's a very special course.

In my life as an architect, I found that the single thing which inhibits young professionals, new students most severely, is their acceptance of standards that are too low.