Massimo on Semantics, Syntactics, Pragmatics.
In his introduction to the Vignelli Canon, esteemed, prolific designer Massimo Vignelli writes, “I thought that it might be useful
Friday, Nov 1, 2013. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
I am on the other side of the table now. I am not the designer, but the designee. The client.
Friday, October 18th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.
1 How to draw a line.
Architects use different lines for different purposes, but the line type most specific to
Friday, October 4th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....
would have been these boots had I actually met him. I didn’t, though. Mark came by the house last
Tuesday, September 17th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....
were white again, but suede this time. With black bows. Purchased at a little boutique in the Hamden neighborhood of
He Swims the Salish Sea.
On the water was a man, bobbing like a thread. White arm flashing rhythmically, legs watercolored shadows, scissors under the
On architecture, skeuomorphism, and "peopled" spaces.
Architect William J. Hirsch Jr, in his book Designing Your Perfect House, expounds on the necessity of the artisanal and
The shoes I wore to meet the architect....
were weathered white oxfords with robin’s egg blue wingtips. Shoes with a point-of-view. To design a house is an
