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[christina wodtke]

> > Standards, by definition limit creativity.
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> Or unleash it.
>


Q. Does the creation of Design admit constraints?

A. Design depends largely on constraints.

Q. What constraints?

A. The sum of all constraints. Here is one of the few effective keys to the
design problem: the ability of the designer to recognize as many of the
constraints as possible, his willingness and enthusiasm for working within
these constraints--constraints of price, of size, of strength, of balance,
of surface, of time, and so forth--each problem has its own peculiar list.

Q. Does Design obey laws?

A. Aren't constraints enough?

Excerpt from Design Q&A by Charles and Ray Eames, 1967 (appears in Volume 4
of the Films of Charles and Ray Eames)