Bigger themes

I want this blog to be a way of just getting wider ideas of city, identity, regeneration, independence down and into words for myself. Working through aims for TestSpace, as well as documenting making, designing or running events.

So I started to re-read some Cedric Price interviews, looking at old concepts, visuals, reading up on the "Fun Palace" Its the notion of freedom I like, the work isn't the finished building as they weren't built but the concept, the idea. And it's something I'm coming back to- one of the things I've learnt as a designer is if you limit yourself at the start you're fucked, more fucked than when realise you don't have the time, money or skills. Of course coding skills, PHP knowledge, building details, health and safety, budget etc are crucial but the first step of a brief should be freedom to really just push ideas. Being aware of the limitations but running with an idea for a while- introduce the practical elements as you go but work with the two. And it's been good fun to do that again, and start to consider spaces again, playing with what you can do. Print this post