Brandon Reed, CVO, ASLA / Rooftop and Urban Designer / Landscape Architect

MY BIGGEST INFLUENCE WAS AND HAS BEEN MIKE LIN, RICHARD SCOTT, AND ALL THOSE OUT THERE WHO HAVE BROUGHT SOMETHING UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT TO OUR BEAUTIFUL WORLD AND PROFESSION….ALSO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MANAGED TO PUSH THE MASSES INTO A MORE FUNCTIONAL AND BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE OF SPACE THROUGH THEIR DESIGNS…….

SO NO ONE HAS ANY GOOD TIPS OR ADVICE FOR THIS FORUM TOPIC…….WRITING PROPOSALS AND BILLING IS SO IMPORTANT ON THE BUSINESS SIDE OF OUR PROFESSION…..WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS SOMETHING FEW OF US RARELY DEAL WITH…..BUT TRUST ME, NOW THAT I AM ON THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS…..THE MORE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR COMPANY BILLS AND WRITES PROPOSALS…[Read more]

I could not agree more with both of you…..I am so fed up with the LARE experts that decide to give try a new testing problem with us as the guinea pigs and on our dime……Any test that consistently only has a 30% passing rate should be majorly reevaluated to increase the passing rate to some extent…….I truly feel that the low passing rate…[Read more]

Yes they are….If you go to Europe they do way cooler playgrounds…..like the use of Kompan Play Equipment….If you haven’t heard of the stuff it is cause it not considered the safest play equipment, but that is cause it is the coolest play equipment and the most fun…..

That’s my take!

I am very impressed with your work Brian and Nick……Digital rendering is very cool! I still am holding strong to hand graphics……I have been heavily influenced by the likes of Richard Scott (http://www.graphicsteacher.com), Michael Doyle, Mike Lin…..The main thing I am learning is to look beyond our profession for inspiration and influence from…[Read more]

I think graphics are so important to our profession……I don’t think that we emphasize them enough…..It is important to remember that graphics are one of the most important means we have to communicate and convey ideas and emotion……It is through those ideas and emotion that people come to understand vision and make decisions to move…[Read more]

Wow!!!!

Those are some great renderings……Thanks for those references……to those websites…..I love that style….

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FIND YOUR NICHE…..

KNOW EVERYTHING…..

DO THINGS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE…..

THAT ALWAYS HAS WORKED FOR ME TO ATLEAST TRY TO DO THESE THINGS…..