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design process

✱ New Project Parti Diagram

I thought I'd share a parti diagram (this link is great by the way) for a new project I'm working on. We'll use this as a guide for future design decisions - it's basically the 'big idea'. As we start to get into the campus, referring back to this will

✱ Construction Update - Poly High School

Here is a construction photo I made today and the comparative rendering of a similar view of the entry to a new aquatic complex at Riverside Polytechnic High School in southern California. You can see how far along the project is so far. It's turning out beautifully.The cantilevered roof

✱ Riverside Long Night of Arts and Innovation at RAM

I'll be giving three presentations at the Riverside Arts Museum (RAM) on the night of October 4th. Come say hi and maybe learn a thing or two: The goal of the City's Long Night of Arts and Innovation (LNAI) is to showcase the city's accomplishments in the arts and sciences

The Design of the iPhone 5

Watch the video on how they made the iPhone 5. It's just amazing. It truly shows the lengths a team and company will go to for excellence. All in, is there another piece of technology that even comes close to this thing? Thanks for showing us a little bit of

Jack White on Inspiration

Spoiler alert: it's all about constraints. This is the honest truth. I love how he talks about the idea of constriction to force himself to create. “” ∞

✱ Evolution of a Design

Evolution of a Design See the design of a fire station change over a relatively short period of time as I take it through the design process. Sometimes the evolution of a particular design seems to have a mind of its own. Here is a recent example of a project

""Insert Meaningful Design Story Here""

I think they left the "Meaningful Design Story" slide in by mistake, or maybe they're just trying to convince us/the courts that they really have one. Certain colleagues in design school used to talk like this all the time. We have a running joke in our office that goes