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3 Principles First, energy follows the path of least resistance. Second, the underlying structure will determine that path. Third, we can change the underlying structure, and thereby change the path of least resistance.

form follows function.

This may be one of the most important principles you can get from this book: to establish structural tension first, and, from that, generate your art as a resolution of that tension.

There are three unique domains we will cover: the mechanics, the orientation, and the spirit of the creative process.

Frank almost never started a design with a predetermined shape. He liked to begin by “playing”—a word he used far more often than “working” when he talked about how he went about designing things—with wooden blocks of different sizes, each representing a portion of a building’s functional program. He would then stack or array the blocks in what he