We recently watched a video about the world renown architect Frank Gehry and his chosen methods and style of designing his work. It was a lovely insight and a welcome view to see that as a designer we all scribble and sketch to get started. In this digital world more and more the technology seems to be getting in the way of the creative process allowed by simply cutting, folding, and crumpling paper and other materials to create. Since the technological revolution we are so hell bent on using technology for everything we forget the greatest tool of all is ourselves. This video showed just that. Frank doesn't really like computers he is a paper and pencil kind of person and he believes that to create something great you have to put your hands to it.
Another thing I really liked was the lost wondering path Frank took to being a world renown person. He didn't like how the architects thought. So he surrounded himself with artists. People who were more free thinking and problem solvers. These are the ones that said to him "Rules? Screw the rules!!" When it comes to a beautiful building if you want to do something extraordinary and original you cant abide by all the rules set forth for the last 300 years. You have to break a few to make a few.
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