Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Carl Magnusson

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Carl Magnusson

Carl Gustav Magnusson is an industrial designer, inventor, design juror and lecturer.

Born: March 8, 1940
Everything that I do has a certain mechanical logic to it, and follows my definition of design--which is function with cultural content. — © Carl Magnusson
Everything that I do has a certain mechanical logic to it, and follows my definition of design--which is function with cultural content.
Good design is not about form following function. It is function with cultural content. By adding "cultural content" to the concept of "form follows function," objects cease to be finite or predictable. Maybe the right way to interpret the dictum is to first acknowledge that the function needs to be clearly understood before the form is considered.
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