Niels Diffrient Quotes

• Why would you design something if it didn't improve the human condition?

  Niels Diffrient

  Design, Human Condition, Humans

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• The best way to know what people want is not by asking them, but by understanding them.

  Niels Diffrient

  People, Understanding, Asking

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• When design springs from an understanding of the people who are going to use a product, you begin to see forms that you would never have imagined.

  Niels Diffrient

  Spring, People, Design

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• My ideal office wouldn't have a chair. You would do two things there: stand up or lie down. These are the body's most natural positions.

  Niels Diffrient

  Lying, Two, Office

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• It looks like a galosh with electronics in it.

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  Looks, Electronics

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• Today the telephone takes precedence over everything. It reaches a point of terrorism, particularly at dinnertime.

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  Today, Telephones, Terrorism

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• The less there is of a phone, the more I like it.

  Niels Diffrient

  Phones

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