Raymond Loewy
Raymond Loewy
Raymond Loewywas a French-born American industrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries. He was recognized for this by Time magazine and featured on its cover on October 31, 1949...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 November 1893
CountryUnited States of America
Raymond Loewy quotes about
enough wells
Never leave well enough alone.
design important designer
Design is too important to be left to designers.
goal difficult difficult-life
The main goal is not to complicate the already difficult life of the consumer.
fun airplane boys
As a boy I had liked both drawing and physics, and I always abhorred the role of being a spectator. In 1908, when I was 15, I designed, built and flew a toy model airplane which won the then-famous James Gordon Bennett Cup. By 16 I had discovered that design could be fun and profitable, and this lesson has never been lost on me.
design veneer good-design
Good design is not an applied veneer.
business winning two
Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the one with the most attractive exterior will win.
simplicity quality looks
The most reliable appliance has simplicity and quality, does what is demanded of it, is economical to use, easy to maintain, and just as easy to repair. ...It also sells best and looks good.
ideas inspired spontaneous
It all must start with an inspired, spontaneous idea.
beautiful curves rising
The most beautiful curve is a rising sales graph.
exercise simple littles
It's a simple exercise; a little logic, a little taste, and the will to cooperate.
design black graphic-artist
Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended.
science simplicity might
It would seem that more than function itself, simplicity is the deciding factor in the aesthetic equation. One might call the process beauty through function and simplification.