“No design, no matter how common or seemingly insignificant, is without...” — Henry Petroski Quote

No design, no matter how common or seemingly insignificant, is without its adamant critics as well as its ardent admirers.

I'm a firm believer that no matter how small an object is, you can find interesting things out about it and its history.

The paradox is that when we model future designs on past successes, we are inviting failure down the line; when we take into account past failures and anticipate potential new ways in which failure can occur, we are more likely to produce successful designs.

Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing.

Typically, highway bridges have about 50 years. But over in England, they have iron bridges approaching 250 years. In France, there are Roman aqueducts that are approaching 2,000 years old. So a bridge can last a very long time if it's built properly in the first place and then maintained properly.

I never studied fashion design.

The older I get, the happier I am with the way my career has gone. Although, in many ways, it's been through no design of my own.

When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.

A design that I create is like my own extension. It's 'thinking made visible.'

On 'Master of None,' the majority of the episodes were just one story, and that was by design because we really wanted to focus in on the character of Dev and get the audience in his head.