GeekEasy Co Working Space DC Update

The folks at GeekEasy had a great opening weekend with the event Lean Mean Startup Machine DC and through hard work and dedication down to the wire, finished off the space to great aplomb.  The space looks amazing and there are kudos all around.  It is always nice to hear your client tell you that what was executed was exactly what they envisioned.

Humbled and honored to be a part of this amazing space, here are some images of the completed project. Check out more on flickr and at strasser:studio

Design (In Squiggles)

Design is an art of exploration. We come up with an idea, follow a thread, reject it, generate another idea, reject it and on until we eventually come out somewhere new.  There is a subconscious grounding that often lets us 'start of on the right foot' without us knowing it.  Through our collective experiences, training, observations, and abilities we are really able to rapidly synthesize information and formulate complex and comprehensive approaches to solving the design challenge on our table.  The ability to layer and edit information as we explore solutions is a designers strength, but how does that process really work?


I came across this diagram about the process of design which struck a chord;

Image copyright by Damien Newman
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Its almost as if a beginning thought is like the big bang. An explosion alive with possibilities that are ultimately shaped by interactions, requirements, observances, and rejections. Atoms of uncertain ideas spinning a bit out of control, circling around, combining and colliding until there are certain realizations and meanings placed upon them. What sticks and what doesn't. Through that chaos comes clarity, as if the idea is brought under control and wrestled into an even state of being.  And out of that comes the true art of exploration - the navigation of uncertainty and the ability to focus chaos. 


So I've decided to design in squiggles, not in circles.