I want to create a world with objects and surroundings that are human, more romantic, and less sterile.
Marcel WandersRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Design is a means to express love and trust while envisioning a beautiful future.
Marcel Wanders emphasizes that design is more than just aesthetic; it embodies deep emotional values of love and trust. Throughout his life, he has adhered to this principle, showcasing that the essence of design is to communicate ideas and perspectives that inspire and uplift humanity toward a better future.
Themes
DesignLoveTrustFutureBeauty
In practice
Example use cases
During a design conference, I could use this quote to emphasize the emotional impact of design.
More from Marcel Wanders
All quotes →A product can live on one great idea. An interior needs 1,000 great ideas to really live, which makes interior design a whole orchestration of this art of juxtaposition, placement, and combination.
Marcel WandersRead
I've always liked the idea of making things that last forever, not necessarily in the sense of being unbreakable, but more psychologically permanent. Most people throw stuff away not because it's broken but because their relationship with that object is broken.
Marcel WandersRead
My design always has a political agenda. When I borrow components from various cultures and juxtapose them in an object, it is a message that co-existence is indeed possible. Design creates an ideal world where different ideas live close to each other in perfect harmony.
Marcel WandersRead
When I make chairs, they have legs; they can go anywhere in the world. Interiors are a different responsibility. A house is a representation of where you are, and it has to be right for the place.
Marcel WandersRead
Design, by definition, is an eco-friendly activity, as its aim is to create objects which are meaningful and durable. Trends always cost resources, but a true designer creates wares which will remain relevant forever.
Marcel WandersRead
Similar quotes
I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap them and wake them up.
Antonio BanderasRead
If you think about the way we experience art, the paradigm is still Western European. If I go to the National Gallery, what am I going to see the most of? I'm not going to see a whole lot of black figures in pictures.
Kerry James MarshallRead
Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
William CongreveRead
The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting.
Ernest BorgnineRead
The experience of reading a printed comic book will never change, but now, thanks to the digital age, there are many different ways to enjoy the same story. Digital comic books, of course, can be interactive in many different ways, allowing the reader to feel like a participant in the story.
Stan LeeRead
I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
Jack NicholsonRead