Good design produces something the world didn’t know it was missing

“People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing.” – Paola Antonelli

Paola’s quote is from a design round table discussion conducted by Wired.com. Paola is a curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art, New York

1. Designers should vow to produce things that are meaningful additions to the world
2. Designers stand between revolutions and everyday life.
3. It takes a passionate commitment to thoroughly understand something
4. Design should do the same thing in everyday life that art does when encountered
5. User experience is the center of gravity of a project