The Shape of Design A Book by Frank Chimero shapeofdesignbook.com Near and farWhy we should readWe hear a voice whisperNeeds more loveOne candle can light another+9 More designcraft
The Web's Grain An Essay by Frank Chimero frankchimero.com Start drawing, then put the box around it We are working against the grain of the woodA passive beauty of right structure
So many tactics, so well entrenched I am going to deal with several subjects that, in themselves, are already well recognized as within the province of city planning: subsidized dwellings, traffic, city visual design, analytical methods. These are all matters for which conventional modern planning does have objectives and therefore does possess tactics—so many tactics, so well entrenched, that when their purposes are questioned they are generally justified in terms of the conditions laid down by still other tactics (e.g., We must do this for the purpose of getting the federal loan guarantees). We become the prisoners of our tactics, seldom looking behind them at the strategies. Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities Lost purposes goals