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Yeah, Ms. Arieff always seems to find interesting topics and presents them well. This reminds me of when I worked for the NJDOT. With land acquisition for highway projects, you end up with a lot of leftover pieces of land. One of our jobs was to look at those pieces and decide if they served any scenic, buffering or other useful function and…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing Trace. That was a nice opinion piece and the comments were entertaining. I imagine that the cost would be extremely high for cities to try and implement some of the Local Code into their unused spaces, but they do not have to do it all at once.

It would be a nice discussion on whether or not it would improve(value of property,…[Read more]

it has probably been 5+ years that i went to kansas for the 2 week workshop with trepidation.
1) as a design professional with a serious handicap……..i could not draw
2) i had heard stories and rumors about mike’s personality…….would i be able to endure this?

at the introduction i learned to clear my head of preconceived notions, be…[Read more]

This might sound counter intuitive but, I learned Flash before I learned much regarding html and CSS. I started with a Flash how to book in 2007 which I read on the train between Cardiff and Bristol every evening (I tended to sleep in the mornings because I had a cushy Virgin Train on my way to Bristol). Then I story boarded my first site and…[Read more]

I agree, good topic!

Amy, just to clarify, after 35 years of teaching the 2 day workshop, I have worked hard to assure that the curriculum be balanced based on school program and industry standards. Normally I spend half a day on perspective, and the rest of the session on subjects like proper drawing attitude, graphic tricks, how to draw people and tree, and…[Read more]

There is one being done now on Jens Jensen I believe for PBS.

Perhaps a documentary of Frederick Law Olmsted similar to the PBS Frank Lloyd Wright documentary by Ken Burns?

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/space-its-still-a-frontier/

there’s the link..see if it works..

Oh and to further address the 2 day workshops, I know that Mikes jokes and stuff make it seem like a very relaxed atmosphere but that is actually the point, he is trying to get you to loosen up and relax while you draw, it is to lighten the mood. In reality however Mike has a very specific curriculum that he follows it is just that he has been…[Read more]

Ground plane elevation changes don’t take up horizontal space – raised floor, sunken floor. Ceilings, whethe tree canpy, vegetataed structure, or otherwise are good tools. Colors and texture change spaces, too.

These are some tools. I’m going to assume that you know why you are dividing the space and what those uses will be. Hopefully, you’ll…[Read more]

I’m really liking all of these ideas, I think I may try to incorporate them into my design in some way, I have it set out what I’m thinking about doing, but I may post these ideas for the class as well, as long as all of you are o.k. with that.

Wow guys, awesome feedback!

Sousuke, I hadn’t thought about doing that, but that is a damn smart idea.

NR, nice to hear from you again! A lot of this type of thing is… shall we say… “Pending”. The flash site, as of now, is really just a stand-in site. Used it to learn flash, and hide my old site which, while it is ok, it is poorly…[Read more]

How “permanent” are these division? Could the space be transformable i.e. creative movable divisions (which could be transparent, layered, and permeable). Could you create a space with sounds? Textures? I also like space defined by or created by water and/or interesting plant textures – but in creative ways.