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
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He always intuited what the customer wanted, ... He always had good taste, and the sense not to push the envelope too far.
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The Coke bottle is a masterpiece of scientific, functional planning. In simpler terms, I would describe the bottle as well thought out, logical, sparing of material and pleasant to look at.
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American products are marvels of production and functionality, but were unnecessarily and unbearably ugly, noisy smelly and offensive.
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The American automobile has changed the habits of every member of modern society.
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Noise is a parasite. Anything noisy is poorly designed.
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He was always bringing home a new toaster, a new mixer, for the staff to use and critique, ... He had his own in-house focus group.
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The world is filled with archaic objects - mailboxes which look like alarm boxes, banks which look like places to break out of rather than places to enter.
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Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will outsell the other.
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In every phase of the automotive industry, certain factors have been more important than all others in relation to the way the automobile has looked. Phase One is really the Ford story. Function and production were the most important considerations. The automobile was an invention, and it looked like one.
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Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended.
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Good design is not an applied veneer.
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Design is too important to be left to designers.
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Design, vitalized and simplified, will make the comforts of civilized life available to an ever-increasing number of Americans.
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Never leave well enough alone.