Monday, June 29, 2015

Finding Inspiration in a Crumpled Piece of Paper

As designers, we are often asked what inspires us. It is a broad question and can render many answers. When an idea arises, it can be from the culmination of a series of events, or even a single random experience. What inspires us is forever changing, as it should be.

With the daily grind of drafting and modeling, sometimes the “why” is lost.  As much as routine is comforting, do you ever have a day when something happens that shakes you out of the expected? And even if it interrupts your flow, somehow you’re energized?

Finding inspiration in the unexpected or mundane is something we need to be reminded of, and when we need a little boost, we return to this video from time to time:

Frank Gehry on The Simpsons