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Cultural Design: Is This My Story to Tell?
As a landscape architect, I subscribe to the idea that within our designs we are trying to convey stories. At the beginning of any effort, one of the most important questions is, “Whose story am I trying to tell?”. More important than that question is, “Is this story mine to tell?”. For many of our…
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“Thank You” as a Part of Your Brand
Feeling Good About Ourselves When was the last time that you received a hand-written note or card, where the sentiment was crafted by someone other than Hallmark? When was the last time that someone stopped to offer genuine thanks for something you did? We often don’t remember the power of taking a few minutes of time to…
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Freedom of Time
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How to Educate the Perfect Design Student
ArchDaily had posted another question: What do you wish you had learned in Design School? [And since I had first drafted this, they posted their article based on the comments they received: What Should Architecture Schools Teach Us? ArchDaily Readers Respond] Accredited design programs really are in a tough spot when it comes to preparing professionals. They…
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Pretend You’re the Person You’d Like to Be
I came into landscape architecture from an environmental science degree (ecology minor). When I started, I had a great interest in ecological restoration. I read papers, went to conferences, presented a few times, and otherwise tried to visualize what I wanted. Some of my friends teased me because I had landscape architecture AND restoration ecologist…