This was a day, just like any other day. I was minding my own business when I was visually assaulted by my hotel shower. (That's right ... assaulted.) For most people, they probably wouldn't have even noticed. They would have taken their shower and … [Continue reading]
Master Shower Shall Sucketh No Longer

I don't believe I have ever been called a false prophet, mostly because I don't think I've ever been called anything that included the word "prophet" in it. However, this is the 3rd time I have come on the site here and talked about how verily … [Continue reading]
heard around the architectural studio #019

Blob: Unless someone is on fire, don't bother me. In fact, unless I'm on fire, don't bother me. There are moments when you have to get a lot of work done and need to be left alone ... yet THIS is the time that … [Continue reading]
Students and Design Contests
If there is a topic in the design world that every designer unilaterally has an opinion on - its design contests. From my standpoint, I am a fan of contests where the goal of the contests falls in to one of two categories: Charitable - like the … [Continue reading]
You Should Design Everything
If you consider yourself a designer, you should design everything. There are many things I do during a typical day – designing “stuff” is just one very small portion – but I still consider myself a designer more so than a project architect. To be … [Continue reading]
You Can’t Eat Your House and Have it Too

Did you know you can't eat your house and have it too? That sentence doesn't make a lot of sense to anybody most people but it's a play on the wildly (and incorrectly) stated phrase "You can't have your cake and eat it too." The way that phrase … [Continue reading]
