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DIY Like an Architect: Understanding Scale and Proportion

Architecture class at ArtCenter’s Saturday High: week three. We are working on understanding scale and proportion. First two sessions were devoted to initial brainstorming steps of DIY Like an Architect: 11-step method. Today my creative teens are sharing the insights — building presentation skills is one of the objectives.

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DIY Like an Architect: Parti Diagramming

Architecture class at ArtCenter’s Saturday High: week two. In the first workshop we learned how to approach a project by means of mind mapping and collaging — steps 1& 2 of DIY Like an Architect method.  Today my creative teens are parti diagramming.

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DIY Like an Architect: Mind Mapping and Collaging

Even in my wildest dreams, I had never considered becoming an architect until someone asked: “Why don’t you study architecture?” He was a stranger — my jaw dropped: “But I don’t even know how to draw!”

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To Think Like an Architect Is to Allow Things Stay Unresolved

To think like an architect is to approach life without pre-conceived notions with a child-like sense of wonder.

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Display to Organize: Design Ideas to Make Life Delightful (part ten)

We’re finally at the end of the series of ten posts that outlined a few design ideas I employ in my own life. Last but not least, I’d like to show you an organization system I’ve designed. It’s called “Tend-on” Group.

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Design Ideas that Resonate with Your Children (part nine)

I became acutely aware of my aversion to “going with the flow” when pregnant with first child. Perhaps, that’s when I realized that every little step matters. It has consequences. It is being observed and emulated. Clearly, I have to make sound choices. I need to be a responsible role model because children love copying…

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Underused Garage Transformation: Creative Space Design Ideas (part eight)

We all need our own territory to manage emotions. Even if it’s just a favorite chair to come back to. I have a chance to claim an underused garage and convert it into my own studio and home office. Hence,garage conversion design ideas.

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Workshop at Art Center College of Design

workshop REGISTRATION IS OPEN! That is to say, I am teaching a 3-hour DIY Like an Architect workshop at ArtCenter College of Design on two consecutive Sundays: June 21 and June 28, 2015.

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Address a Design Problem Holistically: Small Bathroom Design Ideas (part six)

In the previous post I write about tailoring space to your lifestyle. Addressing a design problem holistically is another guiding principle. Especially when working with a tight bathroom. Please take a look at some space saving tips and design ideas below. I hope they will come in handy.

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Tailor Space to Your Lifestyle: Home Design Ideas that Blend Form & Function (part five)

Tailor Space to Your Lifestyle: Home Design Ideas that Blend Form & Function (part five)

In the previous post I write about celebrating creativity. Here I want to insist that you do not need to put up with makeshift solutions. Bedroom design ideas converge on a simple objective. How does one tailor space to his or her lifestyle is the question.

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