Last time I was in L.A. and had some time off I went to some fantastic shows that were part of the Pacific Standard Time season. My favourite was Eames Design: The Guest-Host Relationship. The quote pictured was on the outside of the A+D Museum on Wilshire Boulevard.
Read another wonderful architectural definition today. It was about how architects differentiate between items and space: “A figure is an element or shape placed on a page, canvas, or other background. Ground is the space on the page”
This is the most succinct description of good design I have heard in a while. Rather typically it came from a book on architecture. If you can make something as simple as a logo achieve this or something as complex as a page use it as a principle that helps guide you through it you have really achieved something.
A colleague asked me if there is anything I always do when I approach a project. Initially I really wasn’t sure what to say. After some thought the closest I could get to an answer was this: I am always looking for – and at – structure. Before any project begins you have to find its potential structure. That will allow you to build it… or reveal it.
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