For a life commitment to total design: the duo of Antoni Gaudi and Josep Jujols, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
The first industrial designer, and still the most impressive, Leonardo daVinci.
Maurits Escher because “All art is regular division of the plane.” and “Perspective: my best friend and my greatest enemy.”
I am constantly motivated by nameless and faceless designers toiling away on no-profile projects that show brilliant design in unlikely products and unexpected locations.