Raymond Loewy
Raymond Loewy
Raymond Loewywas a French-born American industrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries. He was recognized for this by Time magazine and featured on its cover on October 31, 1949...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 November 1893
CountryUnited States of America
ideas inspired spontaneous
It all must start with an inspired, spontaneous idea.
design veneer good-design
Good design is not an applied veneer.
simplicity quality looks
The most reliable appliance has simplicity and quality, does what is demanded of it, is economical to use, easy to maintain, and just as easy to repair. ...It also sells best and looks good.
business winning two
Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the one with the most attractive exterior will win.
design important designer
Design is too important to be left to designers.
goal difficult difficult-life
The main goal is not to complicate the already difficult life of the consumer.
beautiful daily-life claims
I can claim to have made the daily life of the 20th Century more beautiful.
numbers design comfort
Design, vitalized and simplified, will make the comforts of civilized life available to an ever-increasing number of Americans.
race trash modernism
There is a frantic race to merchandise tinsel and trash under the guise of 'modernism.'
cutting expression excellence
Form, which should be the clean-cut expression of mechanical excellence, has become sensuous and organic.
enough wells
Never leave well enough alone.
departure requirements taste
The adult public's taste is not necessarily ready to accept the logical solutions to their requirements if the solution implies too vast a departure from what they have been conditioned into accepting as the norm.
design black clients
Industrial design keeps the customer happy, his client in the black and the designer busy.
support-you long people
People will turn to you, follow you, support you only as long as they are confident that you are doing your best.