Henry Dreyfuss Quotes

• The products we design are going to be ridden in, sat upon, looked at, talked into, activated, operated, or in some way used by people individually or en masse. If the point of contact between the product and the people becomes a point of friction, then the industrial designer has failed. If, on the other hand, people are made safer, more comfortable, more eager to purchase, more efficient-or just plain happier-the industrial designer has succeeded.

  Henry Dreyfuss

  Happy, Failure, Hands

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• To look ahead one must learn to look back.

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  Looks

  Henry Dreyfuss (2012). “Designing for People”, p.22, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• If the point of contact between the product and people becomes a point of friction, then the designer has failed. If, on the other hand, people are made safer, more comfortable, more desirous of purchase, more efficient — or just plain happier — by contact with the product, then the designer has succeeded.

  Henry Dreyfuss

  Hands, People, Designer

  "Designing for People".

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• Design is a process - an intimate collaboration between engineers, designers, and clients.

  Henry Dreyfuss

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Design

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• The cost of a model is more than compensated for by future savings. It not only presents an accurate picture of the product for the executives, but it also gives the tool-makers and production men an opportunity to criticize and to present manufacturing problems.

  Henry Dreyfuss

  Opportunity, Men, Giving

  Henry Dreyfuss (2012). “Designing for People”, p.81, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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