Asynchronous Design Critique: Getting Feedback An Article by Erin Casali alistapart.com Getting feedback can be thought of as a form of design research. In the same way that we wouldn’t do any research without the right questions to get the insights that we need, the best way to ask for feedback is also to craft sharp questions. feedbackiterationdesigncollaboration
Classical absurdity Corbusier observed that the requirements of flight of necessity rid airplanes of all superfluous decoration and so unwittingly transformed them into successful pieces of architecture. To place a Classical statue atop a house was as absurd as to add one to a plane, he noted, but at least by crashing in response to this addition, the plane had the advantage of rendering its absurdity starkly manifest. Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness Shorten the wingsTowards a New ArchitectureForm follows function function