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The granite art walls are really compelling – I love the graffitti art movement and think it could be really cool. Plenty of other problems as everyone described from constructability to terrible security. Overall a bizarre, potentially nightmarish and narcissistic design with a meaning I can’t comprehend being related to AIDS.
On the other h…[Read more]

This is where it gets really weird..check out the ‘honorable mentions.’

http://aidsmemorialpark.org/gallery/honorable-mention#!prettyPhoto

So let me understand this:
A park that cannot easily be seen from outside, so at night things can get interesting
A landscape of birches (what is it with the birches all the time????) located not in the cool environment they prefer, but in a stone bed surrounded by mirrors. Good times in July
A new and extensive vehicle for graffitti
This is like…[Read more]

“infinite forest” is a nice sell, not sure how it’ll work-  maintenance might be a bear, but the holocaust memorial in boston would seem like it’s got a lot of potential problems but has held up well.

Overall it seems predictable and a one liner – translucent high reflective glass on at least a couple sides would seem to allow for a more…[Read more]

lllustrator – illustrative refining of vector (line) graphics, diagramming
InDesign – sheet/book layout; learn to use spell check well.
Photoshop – manipulation of raster images (often photos/renderings)
Acrobat – PDF document refinement/presentation; allows for “slideshows” of pdfs, which when created in InDesign allows for more control and…[Read more]

Illustrator: Used for assembling large/small scale plans, renderings etc. Transforms images into high res vector graphics which are scalable.
Photoshop:  Used for marketing graphics, renderings, illustrations, photo manipulations.  Essential for any LA professional.  Learn it.
InDesign:  Used for multi-page, color documents such as HOA gui…[Read more]

At the last interview I had in which I got the job, I just emulated the interviewer.  When they talked about themselves, I did the same.  When they sat back in their chair and crossed their leg, I did the same.  When they laughed at something unfunny, I did too.  Hiring managers what someone exactly like themselves just working for a quarter of…[Read more]

Designs like these always look so good in a perfect 3D Studio Max environment but the reality of the design, constructability, durability and sustainability are nearly always flawed. The idea seems nice, an infinite forest using mirrors. Here’s what I see from a Landscape Architect, Contractor and Facilities Maintenance point of view.
Flaw: …[Read more]

looks like a nightmare place for the trees, for starters. and there is something un-imaginative about the mirrors..literal mirrors..
It looks like Ivana Trump’s closet..
so little context, provided, in the design..seems to have nothing to do with the state of the AIDS epidemic, at all…I think there should be someplace for people to contribute…[Read more]

Ok I cant wait.

I think this design pretty obviously won on one pretty rendering.

There are so many flaws in the design I’m not sure where to start. The concept goes completely against every fundamental principle of public space design I can think of. Here’s a bullet list:

1. Enclosure from Street- The design completely encloses the park from…[Read more]

True, but their revelations were also about what is wanted by those “higher up.”

You mean HR people are shallow?? No way!

Rule #1: Bypass HR at all costs.

Yep, and strange things can happen to that “enthusiasm” and “willingness” due to the slings and arrows of reality somewhere between 30 and 50 and they know who does it to who; so fresh organic material is required. 🙂

I got amused (?) reading this from a magazine table at a restaurant recently while waiting for the food and just found it on line (although you have to go to page 2 for links to all the parts). The points were taken from a survey of real HR people in real businesses. 
http://www.rd.com/money/what-hr-people-wont-tell-you-about-the-job-…

I don’t know, I think you guys are missing a huge element of hiring – people want good looks, enthusiasm, a willingness to work, and the right balance with the rest of the company..and if you look good enough, they won’t notice if you are falling short in other areas..
that is why it is so hard to get hired if you are over fifty…You can’t…[Read more]

Russell:
 
A compliment from you I consider a badge of honor and will wear it proudly. Based on that rare stroke, the tickets are free.

I have to believe that anyone who can do all that in a big firm can make a living without the firm.

Let’s cut through all the fog and veil of what is really going on here.
Hiring managers, are now asking for whateever they can get away with. Superman superlatives aside,
they want the following, and then some:
 

• a Zen master of design creativity and inspiration in on-going and subservient learning status (as long as it does not interfere, re…

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