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Line Work
Fritillaria affinis As an artist of old (my first life you could say) I have always had a love of line work. Pure line is a beautiful thing; the slightest alteration in pressure, flow, momentum or...
View ArticleObscure Considerations for Design
1. The brain acquires knowledge and supposes facts from the smallest inferences, and understands, collates and internalises holistic implications from apparently random or even fragmented inputs. In...
View ArticleThe Value of Focus
It seems to me that if mental focus is weak, then unconscious expectations will take precedence. If I go on site – (lets call it a “blank slate” shall we: lots of questionable views, some awkward...
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Kitsch in Landscape
Hmm, how to get a decent bit of kitsch into landscape? (And oddly enough I’m not talking tyre swans and garden gnomes.) Of course one does immediately think of Jeff Koons’ giant flower puppy. And a...
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Concept Plans as End-Work
They sure are pretty, and like fairy-floss and cup-cakes towers they have a place in the world, but are they good for you? About Concept Plans Vs a Concept Proposal Stage I’ll be honest and admit I...
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Colour Concept Plans (in their defense)
Having just posted about the not-so vital nature of a prettified concept plan, I look back through my folio in the process of posting some updates to the site only to be poignantly reminded of quite a...
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On Landscape Design and Conducting
Driving around yesterday I was listening to ABC radio, Margaret Throsby interviewing the American minimalist composer Steve Reich. What caught my attention was Reich’s discussion early in the...
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Love Your Work
It’s fun being a landscape designer. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Personally, I get a lot of inspiration driving around the place and today I was thinking about how much fun it is to be a...
View ArticleDesign Detail Hangover
I’m working on this design at the moment which is just soaking up the detail like you wouldn’t believe. It’s always the way with apparently simple layouts! Even harder when you’re using materials that...
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Modernist Urban Planning meets Minimalist Suburban Nostalgia
Oh yeah. …is my new thing. Modernist Urban Planning meets Minimalist Suburban Nostalgia – It’s my new design approach, I should think of a shorter name. (M.U.P.m.M.S.N. ?) I’ve shown this image before,...
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