#design

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#am #architectural #architecture #beginning #beijing

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#competition #conceive #courage #designed #embody

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#designed #hold #magnet #material #memory

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.' ↗

— Kanye West

#design #finished #giving #heart #i

But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#designer #financial #general #having #license

I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always wanted to do other things. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#career #designer #fashion #fashion designer #good

I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know? ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#fashion #fashion designer #i #know #people

I'm not sure what I think about current fashion, though. A few years ago, I would have said it's really, really bad and you hardly ever see anybody looking good. There must be some very good designers in the world. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#ago #anybody #bad #current #designers

Anytime that knowledge and a version of the truth are considered to be absolute, fundamentalism is the result, whether the arena is Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any other religious faith, as well as atheism, conservative or liberal political views, even evolution or intelligent design. Anytime our minds are closed and there is no room for dissent, we are on a slippery slope towards stagnation. ↗

— Carlton D. Pearson

#design

As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot. ↗

— Kit Williams

#below #chariot #created #designed #differential