Simplicity
One month into my final year at school has got me thinking about life after college. It seems that the strategy for architectural curriculum is to leave all of the real-life seminars until the very end, a sort of good kick in the ass to gain some momentum out the gates.
I guess this is what's called a pre-reality-check and although I'm not there yet I get the feeling none of what I'm doing now will matter once I graduate. People will care if I can get the job done but they won't care what I designed in college, just the way no one cares what my grades were in high school. Which means its really important to always do what you believe in, always.
Today I'm into simplicity. My life now is too complex, or more accurately it feels too complex considering how simple it really should be. I have my architectural education to blame for that, because there's nothing an architect does better than making a simple problem much more complicated than it has to be.
John Maeda puts it simply. His Laws of simplicity lay out 10 ways of living a better life. Which if I follow one every day, I'll be simple in a week and a half.
But I really shouldn't be thinking about this now, I'm still in school until May. Don't think, just work!
5 comments:
I beg to differ!
In college, I wish I had known what I wanted to do with my education from the beginning. It focuses your mind. Once you determine the job you want next year, you can make sure the work you do this year gets you that job.
don't worry - u represents the beauty of simplicity.
You sound like you are gonna lobotamize yourself! Don't do that! Simplicity is wonderful but complexity is also interesting and stimulating don't you think? It's all about balance -in origami one sheet of paper can be folded into an extremely complex shape or a really simple one and they are equally beautiful and both from one sheet of paper! Actually I am not the one to be giving advice ha ha ha scatter brain me! So sleepy .....cheerio
IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BE SIMPLE BY FOLLOWING SOMEONES 10 RULES TO A BETTER LIFE YOU HAVE ALREADY FAILED.
I like your idea "its really important to always do what you believe in, always."
It's also good that people like David Marcus who can focuses and work hard to get a job that they can work some more at are around.
He'll be a good man for you to hire.
ENJOY LIFE AND WRITE THE RULES.
College gives you rules and deadlines. But it can be so much more if one wants it to be. If you know why you are there and how you want to apply what you're learning, pushing creativity within those guidelines can be very freeing. Once in the workforce, many people, including myself, get caught up the daily necessities of work - home - social life that we forget to reflect and critique our lives, the biggest project of all.
I do agree that simplicity, especially in living space, is what I strive for.
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