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Eva Zeisel
Hungarian
November 13, 1906
Designer
My work is very bodily. It's not a shell, but a body.
Eva Zeisel
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Work
Very
Body
My designs are meant to attract the hand as well as the eye.
Eva Zeisel
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Well
Hand
Eye
When you have clay in your hands, it's hard to avoid making birds.
Eva Zeisel
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You
Your
Hard
If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery in order to support myself.
Eva Zeisel
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Been
Myself
Learned
I don't call myself an 'industrial designer,' because I'm other things. Industrial designers want to make novel things. Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.
Eva Zeisel
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Because
Want
Things
Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve. This made it harder to communicate emotions through design.
Eva Zeisel
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Design
Through
Made
