Just finished this book today. I've always felt I did my best design work when I had some sort of hard constraint I had to design around. The worst design brief you can possibly get is: "do whatever you want!" There's nothing to grasp onto.
That hint of role ethics and virtue toward the end of the book caught my eye too. The total freedom afforded by enormous wealth tends not to produce better humans.
Thanks for this, Scott. That’s interesting to hear from you as a designer/builder. I don’t consider myself a creative in the traditional sense, but I certainly think the constraints in my personal life have forced me to become stronger and more creative as a person. It’s difficult to appreciate at the time, but looking back I can see that my life was enriched by constraints. Marcus’ comments in 10.33 have also helped me a lot.
Freedom is not what it is thought to be, indeed
Just finished this book today. I've always felt I did my best design work when I had some sort of hard constraint I had to design around. The worst design brief you can possibly get is: "do whatever you want!" There's nothing to grasp onto.
That hint of role ethics and virtue toward the end of the book caught my eye too. The total freedom afforded by enormous wealth tends not to produce better humans.
Thanks for this, Scott. That’s interesting to hear from you as a designer/builder. I don’t consider myself a creative in the traditional sense, but I certainly think the constraints in my personal life have forced me to become stronger and more creative as a person. It’s difficult to appreciate at the time, but looking back I can see that my life was enriched by constraints. Marcus’ comments in 10.33 have also helped me a lot.