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Piet Oudolf. Just a plant designer, nurseryman and author…

Aiyou:
 
The subject you have posted about here has been discussed in this forum to the point it is ready to be dead and buried. Many, many people who are dealing will all sides of this concern have already commented, at length. I am one of them. I suggest you do a search here with queries such as “unemployment”, “job prospects”, “recession” and…[Read more]

hahaha…love.

Hey Aaron,
I haven’t read all of the responses so hopefully am not being redundant. Both my husband and I have BLA degrees from the University of Idaho, graduated in 2008 and 2009. First off…the depressing news. Neither of us got jobs BUT I didn’t apply. My youngest is just two years old, so the plan would have been for me to get a job at a firm…[Read more]

that is really cool, i should try that!

May I look? harrishaiqqal(at)gmail(dot)com

Let’s not overlook whether it was necessary to provide such a detail in the first place. We learn that this is what LAs do while we are in school. Sometimes it is exactly what you should not do. I don’t know which was the case here, but we should be aware of this.
 
If the design is sold as a separate service so that a client can either accept…[Read more]

It is always difficult in these situations. You have a client that you want to keep and get referrals from, but you don’t want to lose all your income on this project.
It is always best to be up front on these things in the beginning and legal action is probably over kill. The client may not even know they are doing something wrong. So make sure…[Read more]

Ya, I love his hand-drawn business cards too.  My favorite is the one that says ‘Jeff Shelton Architect slow but expensive’…

This is common language in the contract, and it is due to the whole “prototype” design practice, mostly used by chain restaurants and retail stores. It is in the contract because they tend to build one of four or five slightly modified versions of the same design, sometimes numbering in the hundreds of buildings. Generally, with these, new sets of…[Read more]

I think there seems to be some confusion on a “design” or “product”. If you have a patent on a design or product, then No, people can’t duplicate it. But, a landscape design of a neighborhood park or residential backyard for instance, can be copied to another location. Or are there specific elements in the park or backyard that are protected by…[Read more]

Thanks for posting that!  He does some really expressive, fun work.  I bet he really enjoys his practice.  Seems like a very interesting character as well, going by his work and the company he keeps.  Very artistic family.

I would highly recommend the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. You will go by the Mission on the way there, so if you want to play a real “tourist”, that is still worth a visit. The Santa Barbara Courthouse downtown is an absolute “must”. There is a great park near the wharf that is also across from a very big hotel resort. I can’t think of the name…[Read more]

Not exactly an answer but a suggestion.  Has your friend looked in to KickStarter?  They have very cool projects and documentaries on there that are crowd funded.  This project sounds like a lot of successful ones that are on there…

Hey Ryan, I’m sure it’s too late, but I hope that you caught some of Jeff Shelton’s architecture while you were there.  I traveled to Santa Barbara quite a bit, and would love seeing some of his designs throughout the city.  Check out his work if you didn’t see it while you were there; http://www.jeffsheltonarchitect.com/.  Like boilerplater sai…[Read more]

Very cool Stewart, thanks for the link!  Can you use any of these in SketchUp, or just maya, max, etc.?

A design is not necessarilly owned by those who pay for it. The rights to use it for the particular project is their’s, but if stated in the contract and/or on the document(s), it can not be continually used on other projects. This is very commonly written on architects plans and is a subject covered in the standard AIA Appendix (look in the back…[Read more]

Thanks, I just sent it all to you. it will come from will(at)wblount(dot)com

I’ll take a look nick(at)terrainstudioaspen(dot)com

Heed Jason’s advice. You made the mistake at the start. You need proper verbiage on your proposal or contract protecting your design. And, from my understanding, once the client has paid for the design in full, they can use it for whatever purpose they see fit. Unless, your design or product has a patent.