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| My Art Work Portfolio |
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| My Favorite Architectural Images |
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| Commercial Building Design |
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| Landscape/Architectural Design and Construction |
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DESIGN LESSON 3: This one I got from my son.
When I was in design school and later when I worked from home I would draw on a drafting table and work on the computer
in my basement. Quite often both of my kids would come down and ask questions about what was on the board and what I
was working on. I got in the habit of asking my children what they thought of certain drawings or concepts. I
think mostly they didn't know how to answer. But, one time my son emphatically said to me "That's
bad!" I thought that was a golden concept. If, at the very least, you have a good eye for what is generally
bad you have won half the battle of design. That's what erasers and the Delete button are for.
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| Home Design and Construction Portfolio |
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| Single Family Built-Works Portfolio |
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| Design Studio Portfolio |
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DESIGN LESSON 1: "Figure out what's important, give
it form, and make it work". That's a direct quote from a college professor I had in graduate school design. The formula
is one of the most important lessons I have ever learned about the process of design. There
are so many internal and external influences that come to bear on any given design project that the journey through consultation
and research can sometimes obscure the destination. I agree with my professor that at some point much of what is
learned through ground- work and study about a project must be laid aside and the most important discovery(ies)
must drive the process forward. The form a project takes is it's visible, physical manifestation of the design process.
The re-presentation of what a project building or landscape ultimately wants and asks to be is where the true creativity of
interpretation on the part of the designer lies. Making
it work is the thoughtful process of ensuring that vehicles and people can easily move through the site or building, that
it is safe and has adequate illumination, that storm water flows away from it, and so on.
DESIGN LESSON 2:
"Listen to what it tells you what it wants to be." It sounds mystical I know, but it really has to do with
developing a keen sense of quiet listening. Here's how I discovered this lesson. I once sold a car to the owner of software design company. When he wrote me the
check I went to get the title from the glove box and I accidentally locked the keys in the car. While I was waiting
for AAA to come and unlock the car I took the opportunity to question him about how he approaches design in his line of work.
He said he had something like 24 software designers that worked for him. He told me that when someone would bring him
a portion of the completed prototype software he would work with it and ask himself "Is this how it wants to be?" As
part of his process of design he would actually ask the conceptual and development work what form the actual final product
wanted to take. I was impressed by the method and never forgot it.
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