4D Design

Repetition is one of the most basic design principles, but it's also one of the most versatile.  Repeating elements can make you feel safe, they can firmly establish brand identity, they can be ridiculous and humorous - or they can make you want to join the party! Come see how repetition affects our human minds, which crave a certain degree of conformity but reject it when it's too much.    Some links that explain how this works:

Symmetry is one of the most common, primal and powerful ordering systems available to us in the world of Design. My intention is to take you through the basic concepts that you would be taught in architecture school, minus the late nights, fluorescent lighting and bad coffee!   It all has its origins in Biology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry_in_biology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilateria   Bilateral Symmetry in Nature https://biologydictionary.net/bilateral-symmetry/   BUT WHAT DOES

Why are some people afraid of the number 13 and what does it really represent?  This episode is a quick look at superstitions, traditions and various interpretations of this prime + fibonacci number.  It's supposed to be unlucky but is also baked into the graphics for the United States government?  It also corresponds to the moon and the octave in music, Death in the tarot. Let's explore - next week we go back to basic design school :)

Here are a bunch of links about the Fibonacci Series - the amount of information online is close to endless. Some of these are quite basic and some are more advanced.     Enjoy! What are Fibonacci Numbers? https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html How to Visualize This https://math.temple.edu/~reich/Fib/fibo.html How the Phi Ratio works in Nature https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/nature-golden-ratio-fibonacci.html Golden Ratio in Architecture

What is a style?  How are they made and how do they evolve? We'll take a look at the concept of style through the lens of architecture, food and fashion, and end with a discussion of sustainability and whether architectural style should be International at all.   Links: https://www.archdaily.com/906063/modernism-the-international-style-that-wasnt https://www.design59furniture.com/blogs/interiordesigntrends/mid-century-modern-design-101-everything-you-need-to-know   List of architectural styles -

Architecture and Music - two of the most powerful art forms on the planet (and my two favorite!) are linked through their use of elemental proportion systems.   According to Goethe, “Music is liquid architecture and Architecture is frozen music."  We'll explore how both art forms are constructed and touch on the theory and scientific discoveries behind this relationship.   The incredible Brains behind these Theories: Pythagoras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras Leon Battista Alberti

Design as a Manifestation Tool   This episode was inspired by the hundreds of people who have said to me that one day they will build their dream home.  One day?  Why not start now with even a tiny little piece of it?  If we can start with creating even one wall of that home now, we can accelerate our journey by embodying that future in our physical environment - which will greatly change how we feel and act.  Design literally IS a physical manifestation of an idea.  Why not use a physical

Did you know that your physical environment actually affects your genes and genetic response?  We have scientific proof that it does, and this has huge implications for the role of design in your home and work environments.  Architecture and Design can and should be seen as healing modalities - a potentially powerful tool in your arsenal. We start with a short story about Charles Darwin (who had no idea what he was discovering / also he was 22 y.o.!) But the information he collected has unlocked