"So simple that your brilliant designers didn't think of it."

Permanyer had not only lost the brilliant designer Bultó, but also his 30% share of the company.

Johnson was a brilliant designer, responsible for the P-38, and the P-80.

The board soon recognised that Royce was a poor production engineer but a brilliant designer.

Wyatt was a brilliant but facile designer, whose work is not characterized by any markedly individual style.

The frustrated musician became a brilliant designer of hyper-spatial drive mechanisms.

Steve Jobs was a brilliant designer but he lacked human compassion.

He'd been a good designer, not brilliant but sensitive.

But he was a brilliant designer and a consummate showman.

One executive who preferred not to be identified said, "The guy is clearly a brilliant designer, but the clothes were just sitting on the racks."