Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things..

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function..

If I have a style, I am not aware of it..

I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension..

I have no requirements for a style of architecture..

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

I don't believe in morality in architecture..

My favorite project is always the next one..

I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this..

The Alessi relationship and the Target one has broadened the role of architects in society and broadened the concept that design belongs to everyone..

I once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I ….

Architects love to rethink a project - that's what we do. If something is successful, like a house or a kettle, in this case, it's a great compliment….

I learned in architecture that you have to have a real plan. You have to have a client, they have to have distribution, start-up money, and have a vi….

The design of the building addresses the public nature of both the urban context and the internal program. In order to reinforce the building's assoc….

My favorite is the garlic press. I think it's beautiful as an object. But the awkward part of it all is that I don't use it much because I'm allergic….

I know that's not something that people like to do - identify a favorite. But I do..

Alberto Alessi had asked a dozen architects to design a sterling silver tea service - with a teapot, a coffee pot, sugar, creamer, a spoon, and a tra….

The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth..

Architecture is not all about the design of the building and nothing else, it is also about the cultural setting and the ambience, the whole affair..

I have architects write to me and ask me: How do you - and what do you do to - design the magic thing? I answer that very carefully. It's not necessa….

I don't care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people..