Well in both your examples, you are putting slightly altered words in their mouth, as those are not direct quotes. Shouldn't do that.
Edited to add, I think I misunderstood you slightly here, actually. I think we agree that they shouldn't be altering quotes. Though I think theirs is slightly closer to the original quotes than the ones you used.
I think the "It meant we got the design right" snippet would work really well, but it is a bit long for the overall headline.