Learning to Master the Trash Can: CANADIANS BE LIKE:

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... The title of this blog has to do with a Will Bruder quote I heard while attending the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) during the Fall of 1999 - "Learn to master the trash can and you might become something" - It really resonated with me and has stuck with me to this day. I suppose for me the concept hit hard that although you can discard an idea, concept, sketch, design, whatever for a certain project you may be able to revisit it at a later date under different circumstances - In other words designs never die, they evolve, they hibernate, they circle-back but they never die...Or maybe he was just telling us to quit our ideas of becoming Architects and to go live in a public park somewhere; which, given the current state of the industry probably would not have been such a bad idea...

That is what this Blog will be for me - With over a decade in the industry I have come to realize that what I thought I would be doing on a daily basis and what I actually do are pretty darn different - BUT - I still have ideas, I still have hopes and I still have my creativity; So, I figured this would be a good outlet...I will share my thoughts on work and the industry as well as whatever moments of creativity I can muster - And, yes, at the direction of my Wife I will keep the swearing to an absolute minimum.

Cheers...B.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

CANADIANS BE LIKE:

... Okay, so next month the 2014 Winter Olympics (XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics) will kick-off in Sochi, Russia - AND - Right now Athletes and Countries all around the world are preparing and qualifying for their trek into the Russian Winter...Oh yeah, and this will probably not be my last post about the upcoming games because, well, because I love the Olympics...Sad but true - Sad, but true.

So, with the Winter Olympics you get a few things - Yes, yes...Snow - Got it.

... But you also get fast moving events like the Skeleton - AND - When one is hurling oneself down a man-made half pipe constructed of super-slick ice frozen over concrete with nothing but what appears to be a broken ottoman under oneself and said half pipe you need a helmet...What a wonderful way to incorporate a splash of design, flare and team unity right?

I mean, am I RIGHT?

Well...Here are a few images of the Canadian Skeleton Team's Helmets...Some pretty slick stuff right here:

Here is a Sugar Skull with Maple Leafs in the Foreground: