Mound, hearth, enclosure, roof, and column. The way we see it, Gottfried Semper and scholars already figured out what makes honest tectonic form. We're looking for the element that satisfies our primitive urge to value architecture that's good.

April 3rd 2011

Excerpt from “How to Steal Like An Artist (and nine other things nobody told me)”
by: Austin Kleon
at: austinkleon.com

Not an architecture quote… or really one that has much to do with the actual elements of semper’s sixth… but definitely a nice reminder as to why this blog, and why many of us young designers, are here doing our thing.  Learning the ropes of an established profession is challenging, time consuming, and (yes) rewarding, but understanding how it relates to the big ideas and creative dreams we have outside of our 8-5 is almost more difficult.  But if we take what we learn/see every day and scrutinize what we like and don’t, then we can begin to focus our energy on what we truly want to create.  It won’t be easy, good design never is, but it’s reassuring to have some sense of direction in our endeavors.  You can’t not dig that. Right?

Posted at 6:52pm and tagged with: inspiration, design, austin kleon, creative, quote,.

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The best way to find the work you should be doing is to think about the work you want to see done that isn’t being done, and then go do it.
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