Design has evolved to meet the challenge of the new relationship between people and the material goods they need. Today, designers — artisans, manufacturers, engineers, architects — think far beyond the way things look. Comparing pre-industrial design to post-industrial design with a picture is absurd. Critiquing a modern object based on its appear... See more

We only want to make great products and when you don’t focus only on making money and have reached a certain level, everything becomes about quality. Right now, there is a certain cultural fascination with fast growth, IPOs and so on, but I want to go slow, really slow and think long-term. It takes time to do good things. You see, this cultural phe

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One of the most interesting lessons I’ve learned along the way is how much in the world of business happens just because it has always been that way. For us setting off to build a sustainable product and socially conscious business from the start, we’ve run into tons of pushback that when you dig into it is just there because that's how people are ... See more