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Scott Thomas Murison replied to the topic Resources/Books for Drawing Technique in the forum GRAPHICS 13 years, 5 months ago
Chip Sullivan has two fantastic books; one on climate and gardens and the other on drawing. The one on drawing is both a ‘how to’ and and inspiring.
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Scott Thomas Murison replied to the topic Bad font decisions, yes I'm talking to you Papyrus users! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 5 months ago
It does depend on whether you want people to remember what you’ve written. Recent research indicates that you are more likely to remember text if it is a little more difficult to read. Comic sans is apparently a good font for retention. I recall struggling to concentrate on a large slab of specifications written in a narrow text many years ago -…[Read more]
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Scott Thomas Murison replied to the topic Bad font decisions, yes I'm talking to you Papyrus users! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 5 months ago
It does depend on whether you want people to remember what you’ve written. Recent research indicates that you are more likely to remember text if it is a little more difficult to read. Comic sans is apparently a good font for retention. I recall struggling to concentrate on a large slab of specifications written in a narrow text many years ago -…[Read more]
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Scott Thomas Murison posted an update in the group Landscape Architecture Theory 13 years, 6 months ago
As McHarg, Carson and colleagues set the sustainability movement in motion is there any discussion on chaos theory which may be a contemporary building block to add to McHarg’s shoulders?
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Scott Thomas Murison posted an update in the group Landscape Architecture Theory 13 years, 6 months ago
Are we really landscape architects/ designers? Are we not philosophers, psychologists, subversive thinkers and all connecting with an unknown place – jumping not knowing where we might land and sometimes failing? Who knows where he/she is going? Chase Teddy Roosevelt’s lecture to the Sorbonne in 1910!
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Scott Thomas Murison replied to the topic Firepit Construction in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years, 6 months ago
Consider a convex surface for drainage and keeping the fire breaking apart for extra oxygen supply. Slightly more wood would be needed for the session however.
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Scott Thomas Murison replied to the topic The Economy and Marketing: August 12th Chat Conversation in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 15 years, 3 months ago
These markets need to be developed in the good times. Also, we should consider publishing our personal views/ observations in local journals as our careers advance / falter. Being generous in the good times with our time, counsel and hospitality can keep the mine shored up while we take to substitute jobs (if necessary) when it’s tough.