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Everything we did was entirely absorbed in the act of doing it, in wanting to do it, and everything we did stayed ultimately inside a single extraordinary sphere of life. The design was life itself, it was the day from dawn till dusk, it was the waiting during the night, it was an awareness of the world around us, of materials and lights, distances and weights, resistance, fragilities, use and consumption, birth and death…

When I Was a Very Small Boy: Observatory: Design Observer - Beautiful words from Ettore Sottsass, designer of the famous red Olivetti typewriter.

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In the realm of industrial design, Dieter Rams is Yoda.
THE Q&A: DIETER RAMS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER | More Intelligent Life - This interview with Dieter Rams deserves a link for two reasons. One, it’s Dieter Rams. And two, that quote is the first sentence of the article.
I feel that as the world continues to fill with clutter at such a disconcerting pace, good design has the task of being quiet and helping people generate a level of calm that allows them to be themselves.