Learning to Master the Trash Can: CONGRATS' JO!

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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.

Monday, April 21, 2014

CONGRATS' JO!

... Joakim Noah won the 2013-2014 NBA Defensive Player of the Year today and it was - Ummm, essentially a no-brainer.

Here is a quick article from the Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-joakim-noah-nba-defensive-player-of-year-20140421,0,1212342.story

... So, in honor of this amaze-balls achievement (...first Bull to win the DPOY Award since Michael Jordan in 1988) and the fact that I am a HUGE Chicago Bulls fan I have posted some animated *.gifs below that I found here at: http://ronartist.tumblr.com/ - AND - They pretty much illustrate Joakim Noah being...Well...Very "Joakim Noah-ish" - If that is a word - Or two words, I guess...Whatever, I am an Architect - I use made up words all the time...Like "Synergy" and "Sidelite."

Check out the *.gifs below and enjoy...