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The Shape of Design · How and Why

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A small philosophical handbook about design and making things for people by Frank Chimero

Chapter One How and Why Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question. E.E. Cummings If in the spring of 2003 a nightwalker found himself passing by North Spaulding Road, and—despite the hour—had the presence of mind to look up, he would find a light ablaze on the second floor. He would see me in profile, seated at my drafting table, kneading my face like a thick pile of dough. As I looked out the window, we would nod knowingly at one another, as if to say, “Yes, four in the morning is both too early and too late. Anyone awake must be up to no good, so let’s not ask any questi

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