contemporary echoes

For many years, watershaper/teacher/provocateur David Tisherman has urged his colleagues to get out and explore the world. Actually seeing architecture, art and ancient ruins in their own contexts, he says, is a sure-fire way to develop a sense of your place in design history and to inspire your own design ideas – a point he drives home by leading us around Asia Minor and discussing what he sees in light of his own work in the here and now.

Classical Influences

It's a point I'll probably make to the end of my days: There is no substitute for travel and exploration of the historic world to learn about design. In my "Details" column in the June 2005 issue of WaterShapes, for example, I discussed my recent trip to Turkey and made the point that the ruins and intact structures we examined while there were full of specific details that I and other watershapers use in our work - whether or not we recognize that what we're doing actually derives from ancient original works. Showing what I mean in the clearest possible terms is what this pictorial article is all about. As you will see, I've included