If you are a leader, Make sure you give props.

_YO · December 6, 2012, 9:37pm

Mr-914:

Yo!: That was me. A couple months ago, I listened to an interview with the architect Will Alsop. He mentioned how he was one of the few architects left to use a mathematical basis to the proportion of his buildings (like the golden ratio). He said he thought that if local building codes would enforce proportion it might make better architecture instead of creating maximum heights for buildings or all of those other stupid zoning/building code requirements.

My take is the industrial designers viewpoint. Everyone is blogging about 3D printing making a revolution. I think it will likely lead to a lot of horrible looking things, unless people actually learn about proportion, color, line, surfacing and all of those other difficult things that it takes to actually make a good looking product.

This is Will Alsop’s Ontario School of Art and Design in Toronto. Classic, restrained and well proportioned.

Very cool, and very true quote. People sometimes confuse tools with results. Sorry for the tangent everyone.

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If you are a leader, Make sure you give props.

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