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First off, in terms of backups I’ll just say that cloud storage is simply another medium no different than external drives, magnetic tapes, or DVDs. They all have their own pros and cons. You’ve sort of answered your own first question – with no off-site backup if your office burns down you lose everything, permanently. And for the record,…[Read more]

I was there for my first semester of LA undergrad, its a good, competitive program, and I think it’ll be a great place for someone who wants to explore the different fields a bit before locking themselves in (My friend got his Arch degree from ISU as well).  The only trick is you won’t do much real design in that first year, so you’re going to…[Read more]

This is the type of stuff that matters when nothing else matters. While some will adjust how they do business, how they market, and what deliverables they produce in order to function in this economy, others are going to attempt to adapt through font or type face selection. Brilliant!

Ill take a second to recede and digest your comment, but im not backing down. Call it what you will, It matters. If you want to look like an organic potato farmer/ plant nursery in the midwest/ edible arrangements, then yes, use your dorky TYPEFACE.  I just want ‘our’ profession to be taken seriously, and not be confused with these potato farmers…[Read more]

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The biggest difference is that landscape architects have to adapt to a lot more variables beyond our own control where an architect is, more often than not, able to adjust his variables to suit his needs.
 
We’ve got to meet grade at the property line, water has to run down hill, plants have to live in the environment that we are working with,…[Read more]

Architect vs. Landscape architect
flat surfaces vs. slopes
forms (buildings) creating space vs. space creating forms
drainage above the head (roofs) vs. drainage at the feet
lighting fixtures vs. natural light
central heating and cooling vs. 4 seasons
static components (furniture) vs. growing ones (plants)
ceiling height measured in feet/meters…[Read more]

Iowa State. The first year’s curriculum is centered around foundational studios, before students apply to a program following that first year. It’s excellent for me because I’ll get a real taste for what field I wish to study before I commit.

Okay, but it is still preferable to use “typeface.”  As I understand it, a font is something that sets the type, while a typeface is what we see on the page and/or screen. 

The difference depends on what scale you’re working at or what issue you are trying to solve. Anybody can do curb appeal or design a cool paving pattern for a plaza. However, once you start getting into larger scale projects such as large parks or are dealing with animal habitats, you need the expertise of a landscape architect.

The 1st year of…[Read more]

I think since our context is using CAD and Word, Photoshop, etc. and the menus say “fonts,” and that is where we make our style choices on drawings, it is that frame of reference in the posts. I don’t think I’ve even seen a familiar creative software that uses the term typeface…maybe QuarkXPress or such in another realm?

The long and short of it is: Architects design buildings, Landscape architects design everywhere people are not inside a building (including placing those buildings in theory), Planners design regulations to ensure the multiple designs (buildings and non-buildings) work together to create a functional neighborhood, city, or region.

There is some…[Read more]

I’m not sure if someone mentioned this (I haven’t read through all the threads), but you mean “typeface,” not “font.”  If you’re going to be an armchair typographer, you might want to learn the correct terminology.

Yes, very nice Andrew.  I agree about the hand drawing.  Seems most professionals now have lost the art of drawing.  There as a great article in LA Magazine a few years back by James Richards called “Freehand Renaissance”.  Just simple sketching skills can break you away from the pack as well.

Hi David,
Definitely check out all of Jennifer De Graaf’s posts on the Land8 Blog.  Here is one specific to your question: 8 Resources for your Printed Portfolio

I hope this helps!
Andrew