18 February 2005

enjoy the process, not the product

The number of ideas and designs that will ever see production is only a tiny fraction of those generated. Changes in clients and buyer tastes doom many. In a single day, a number are proven impractical for reasons of material, cost, or fabrication. The staff must leave the casualties behind and move on. Offering a prescription for happiness for designers, Bogner says, "You have to enjoy the process, not the product.

Phil Patton with Michael Graves Design Group, Michael Graves Designs: The Art of the Everyday Object, Melcher Media, 2004, p. 69.