There’s the whole Buddhist thing about the essence of a bowl being its emptiness—that’s why it’s useful. Its emptiness allows it to hold something. I guess that means that design must talk about something else. If you make design about design, you’re just stacking bowls, and that’s not what bowls are for.’

Frank Chimero as transcribed by Ryan & Tina Essmaker, Frank Chimero on The Great Discontent (TGD)

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