projects

I've always believed that an unlimited budget is not essential to making design magic.   While having clients with deep pockets and a willingness to dig deeply into them is always nice and allows us a bit more leeway when it comes to artistic license, I've always observed that having relatively few constraints also tends to make some designers creatively lazy.   By contrast, I've often found small-budget, small-space projects to be creatively stimulating.  A couple of columns ago, for example, I discussed a project we'd been working on that posed challenges with its sunken deck footings and the need to accomplish a lot with

I've always believed that an unlimited budget is not essential to making design magic.   While having clients with deep pockets and a willingness to dig deeply into them is always nice and allows us a bit more leeway when it comes to artistic license, I've always observed that having relatively few constraints also tends to make some designers creatively lazy.   By contrast, I've often found small-budget, small-space projects to be creatively stimulating.  A couple of columns ago, for example, I discussed a project we'd been working on that posed challenges with its sunken deck footings and the need to accomplish a lot with