The ABC's of ▲■●: The Bauhaus and Design Theory A Book by Ellen Lupton & J. Abbott Miller The cultivation of inherent facultiesThe basic courseIt is a little worldA universal correspondenceThe arbitrariness of the sign+4 More
Good design can copy Good design can copy. Attitudes to copying often make a round trip. A novice imitates without knowing it; next he tries consciously to be original; finally, he decides it's more important to be right than original. I think the greatest masters go on to achieve a kind of selflessness. They just want to get the right answer, and if part of the right answer has already been discovered by someone else, that's no reason not to use it. They're confident enough to take from anyone without feeling that their own vision will be lost in the process. Paul Graham, Taste for Makers Four stages of competence skill