Good design

Reading Christopher Alexander’s masterpiece treatise on design, The Timeless Way of Building. He amply makes the case that all good design represents unique expressions. No big boxes, no tributes to mass anything. His aesthetic is pattern language that never repeats the same way twice.

In his world, bad design suceeds in compliance and fails to surprise. Good design delights our yearning and courage to feel alive.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 27th, 2005 at 7:52am and is filed under Sustainability. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

One Response to “Good design”

  1. g
    December 27th, 2005 23:31
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    Thanks for the reminder.

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