Paola Antonelli
Paola Antonelli
Paola Antonelliis an Italian author, editor, and curator. She is of Lombard ancestry. She is currently the Senior Curator of the Department of Architecture & Design as well as the Director of R&D at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City...
displaying equation form function ingenious large last meaning object outcome transcend
Each object had to transcend the outcome of the equation of its form and function by displaying meaning -- to an individual, to a community, to the world at large -- and last but not least, ingenious beauty.
alone beauty inclusion justify
Beauty and usefulness alone were not enough to justify inclusion in this exhibition,
absurdity ironic statements
They're ironic statements on the absurdity of our fears.
god heaven soul
Heaven is satisfied curiosity.
design good-design
Not all design is for the general good.
design thank-god tough
Life is tough; thank God there's design.
successful people design
Designers need to be mavericks, because the best way to design a successful object is to pretend that either it never existed or that people will be able to have a new behavior with it.
design ugly conscious
Ugly design should be rejected, just like nonfunctional design is rejected, just like nonenvironmentally conscious design should be rejected. It's a value.
games design important
I consider video games a form of design that is amazingly important today and that is going to become even more important in the future, because it is a way we interact with machines and screens.
technology small-objects ipods
Small objects, like the Walkman first and then the iPod, create bubbles of space around us that enable us to have a metaphysical space that is much bigger than our physical space.
demand elegance intention
Beauty and elegance are a right, not a surplus... . We must demand, at least, intention.
attitude design renaissance
Good design is a Renaissance attitude that combines tech, cognitive science, human need and beauty to produce something.
beautiful meaningful responsibility
In an ideal world, social responsibility would be a prerequisite for design, and designers would vow to produce beautiful, useful, positive, responsible, functional, and economical things and concepts that are meaningful additions to—or sometimes subtractions from—the world we live in. Indeed, design deserves such thoughtful consideration.
artist definitions designer
While an artist can choose whether or not to be responsive and responsible towards other human beings, by definition a designer must be.