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“All design is goal-directed play. Only our questions change. We no longer ask, ‘How does it look?’ or ‘How does it work?’ We are more interested now in answer to, ‘How does it relate?
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There is a sense of wonder, a feeling of completion in design that is lacking in many other fields. Designers have the chance to make something new, or to remake something so that it is better. Design gives the deep satisfaction that comes only from carrying an idea all the way through to completion and actual performance. It can be compared to the emotions aroused by making a kite and then being able to fly in the sky: a feeling of closure, pleasure and achievement. This enriches us both professionaly and as human beings and provides us with a joyous affirmation of what we do.”
in The Green Imperative, by Victor Papanek
