Like many of you, I think about design a lot. For me, the most interesting aspect of design is its interface with humans. There are many disciplines with this relationship at their center- web design, product design and home design to name a few.
The Success of Structure
The handshakes of my home
Each day I come in to contact with relatively few points of the building I call my home. I’m actually surprised that I can feel so close to something while touching it so rarely.
Every building has a handshake.
Nob Nob | NADAAA
A beautiful study of Native American wood bending techniques- I am fascinated by this system as I am the systems that inspired it for their ability to span across scales, from tools to architecture.
Time Tension Wood | Taylor Gilbert
Native American construction techniques
Tension and Compression
Stretched Skin | Unknown
Bent Wood | Unknown
Carved Stone | Unknown
"The quickest way to kill the human spirit is to ask someone to do mediocre work."
- Ayn Rand
1001 | Thomas Hiemann and Markus Dilger
"The strangest part of our interaction with the built environment is what can be so evocative and meaningful for you can mean absolutely nothing to someone else."
- Broken Window | 99% Invisible, Roman Mars
Light Pavilion | Lebbeus Woods and Christoph A. Kumpusch
Stumbled on these today at Steven Holls website today, Lebbues Woods’ only built work.
Recoleta Cemetery | Buenos Aires, Argentina
