Designing from Experience, Not Expertise

Alexander is inspired by how design occurs in the natural world. "Things that are good have a certain kind of structure," he told me. "You can't get that structure except dynamically. Period. In nature you've got continuous very-small-feedback-loop adaptation going on, which is why things get to be harmonious. That's why they have the qualities tha

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vernacular design, which I would define as functional design for ordinary people rooted in a local economy and culture.