Brooks Stevens Professions : Industrial designer Born : June 7, 1911 Died : January 4, 1995 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Brooks Stevens Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence...we make good products, we induce people to buy them, and then the next year we deliberately introduce something that will make these products old-fashioned, out of date, obsolete. Brooks Stevens next-year people years Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence, and anyone who can read without moving his lips should know it by now. Brooks Stevens moved-on moving-on lips I believe in status symbols. Brooks Stevens status-symbol symbols believe Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence. Brooks Stevens sustainability environmental economy Similar Authors Bruno Munari industrial-designer Adam Savage industrial-designer Dieter Rams industrial-designer Henry Dreyfuss industrial-designer Hartmut Esslinger industrial-designer Ferdinand Alexander Porsche industrial-designer All Authors