"Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context – a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an…
“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context – a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan” - Eliel Saarinen
— Leisa Reichelt (@leisa) November 7, 2019
Which means you need to research the next larger context and not just ‘your’ thing.