Good With Blocks

“How did you become a designer?” I was just interviewed by Natalie Pollock for an article about Wolfworks for the monthly Avon Life. She was asking this question that I am often asked. And I gave the glib answer that I always give, “I was good with...
Once Again… Wolfworks helps write the book

Once Again… Wolfworks helps write the book

When Sarah Susanka first published The Not So Big House in 1998 we immediately recognized an ally. Sarah’s readers gratefully embraced her simple message: good design guidance favors quality of space over quantity of space. Build better, not bigger. Now...
Design: Ornamental or Fundamental

Design: Ornamental or Fundamental

“He’s pictures, he’s words” the client offers as an executive summary of the service provided by the two ad agency representatives sitting in the office of London Fog’s owner. This scene from the TV series “Mad Men” sums up in...

What We Need Now

Everybody is headed somewhere. Some times we know where we’re going. At others we can only hope that what happens next is right, good, satisfying, safe. We spend our lives in this motion. Along the way we need different things at different times and at different ages...
Becoming “Disenthralled”

Becoming “Disenthralled”

Shall we say here and now that the next twenty years will not be like the last twenty years. I find it necessary to recognize and acknowledge this reality daily in order to even begin to think about how to react. Fortunately I am not alone. Last week members of CT’s...