Ralph Caplan Quotes

Thinking about design is hard, but not thinking about it can be disastrous.

Designers shouldn’t design for museums any more than mummies should die for them.

All our media are given over to things that are better left unsaid.

Attention must be paid’ is the cardinal rule of design discipline, for the designer is above all someone who pays attention to the situation at hand.

A chair is the first thing you need when you don’t really need anything, and is therefore a peculiarly compelling symbol of civilization. For it is civilization, not survival, that requires design.

If more designers had bad backs, we would have more good chairs.