I went to quotesondesign.com and kept clicking next until i found one that suited my idea of what design means to me and this was; "marketing without design is lifeless, and design without marketing is mute"- Von R. Glitschka. I read up on some biographies about Von since i had never heard of him before and i found some pretty interesting info. People wrote that Von is a "new breed of designer, one who crosses creative boundaries", i like this idea of him. He is what people like the call an "illustrative designer." He does things like logos for various corporations, he makes different types of toy designs and also designs business icons. I think that this quote really relates to his line of work..especially since he is doing things like logos and icons, things that people see and relate to the business they are buying from. His quote is pretty much right on the dot with his line of work. I think he is saying marketing without some kind of design is boring...no one is going to pay attention to you billboards if all they have is plain, blane words on them and no design or creativity to catch the eye, and design without marketing is mute because without marketing the designers would have no one to work for and no one to give them the opportunity to let their work speak out to the public so therefor it would be mute because it wouldn't get to speak to anyone.

go the bio info; illustrationclass.com