First Attempt to BLOG: Looking for Inspiration?
Written by bethany on April 6th, 2009
SMA Tandem is excited to have this BLOG! I hope for this to be a tool for informative and creative information pertaining to our complex design world. When you think about this “design world”, there are many factors that revolve around it…after all nothing is built without purpose or thought, right? The question then becomes, what to Blog?
How about Where SMA Tandem stands with the Economy Crisis, or Lighting in Healthcare Design or What’s Up in this Community? These are a few ideas and topics I expect you’ll be seeing from SMA Tandem in the near future. Just like our diversified portfolio we hope to have a diversified Blog.
For our first attempt to blog, I was looking for inspiration. I went looking at other architecture blogs, then started Googling blogs finding several websites that claim “these successful steps for professional blogging”, yet towards the end of my research, I still had nothing. SO, I went back to by original thought, looking for inspiration and looked around. Interestingly enough, I found objects and remembered places that inspire creative thinking. This is how I found my topic, Looking for Inspiration? Creative thinking is a constant necessity for design and usually creative thinking comes from inspiration, what inspires you?
My Grandma Gatlin gave this chair to me; she bought it in the 1950’s and it still has the original orange vinyl! It reminds me of our history and inspires me to think of designing not just for the moment but designing for our future. I have a small piece of history that functions the same today as it did yesterday.
Look at the saturation and color intensity of these flowers! Can you really achieve the same depth of color in Sherwin Williams Paint? Not really but, we designers try! Inspiration is easily found in nature and it’s proven when you read about architecture and interior design topics or design concepts. One example is an article by Brett Holverstott, called “What Can Architecture Learn From Nature?” which basically reminds us to open our eyes to demonstrations and innovations taking place everyday in our environment.
Final Thought: Inspiration is all around us but you only notice the importance if you take time to look.
If you have thoughts or interests about where you would like to see this Blog go, by all means, let this design firm know! We would like to explore your options and we look forward to hearing from you!