Design Theory Quotes

“Landscape design theory has been rotting away, peacefully, like a garden temple, since the close of the eighteenth century.”
― Tom Turner, City as Landscape

“Physically, gardens must have boundaries. Mentally, they can reach to the limits of the known universe. The ideas that bestow such vast extent upon gardens derive from sun, earth, art, water, history, civilization, family, anything.”
― Tom Turner, City as Landscape

“Garden design theory explains, or should explain, the 'What, Where, Why and How' of making gardens.”
― Tom Turner, European Gardens: History, Philosophy and Design

“Think of it this way: if you wandered into a cave and saw scratched into the wall some markings which on closer inspection read "Gary woz ere", how would you think that they got there? Would you guess that a river had run through and eroded the wall into a shape? Would you think that perhaps a bear had been sharpening his claws on the rough surface? Or would you be sensible and immediately recognise that someone called Gary, who was probably a bit of a yob, had been through and wanted to leave a message for the world?”
― Lewis N. Roe, From A To Theta: Taking The Tricky Subject Of Religion And Explaining Why It Makes Sense In A Way We Can All Understand

“Полезное действие системы — это ради чего она существует. Полезное действие продукта — это за что люди готовы платить деньги.

Первый универсальный закон дизайна — максимизация полезного действия. Независимо от личных целей предпринимателей, устремлений инженеров и амбиций дизайнеров, системы движутся в сторону повышения пользы для других людей. Не повезёт одному продукту — появится другой, более полезный и востребованный. Прогресс ведёт к максимизации полезного действия.”
― А. Горбунов