The Shape Of Design
the shape of design
the shape of design frank chimero
Copyright © 2012 by Frank Chimero
Editor: Mandy Brown
http://www.shapeofdesignbook.com
Copyeditor: Allen Tan
http://www.frankchimero.com
Designer: Frank Chimero
the shape of design
Printed and bound by
isbn 978 - 0 - 9854722 - 0 - 7
Shapco Printing, Minnesota
first edition
Written on the road:
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
Portland, Oregon
Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 Unported License
Austin, Texas
New York, New York
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
San Francisco, California
Los Angeles, California
The Shape of Design was born of a spirit of generosity in
Phoenix, Arizona
those who backed the book on Kickstarter. It should
Springfield, Missouri
continue that way. Share and remix the text, so long as
Wellington, New Zealand
the resulting work is non-commercial and attribution
Nottingham, England
is provided.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Thank you.
Brighton, England
Cardigan, Wales
For all those on the road —
contents
ix xiii Foreword
Introduction
19
29
37
47
part 1: the song
How and Why
Craft and Beauty
Improvisation and Limitations
Form and Magic
61
71
part ii: in-between spaces
Fiction and Bridges
Context and Response
81
91
101
109
part iii: the opening
Stories and Voids
Frameworks and Etiquette
Delight and Accommodation
Gifts and Giving
125
129
Endnotes
Acknowledgements
liz danzico foreword Frank Chimero and I came together over a shared commitment to jazz. But not only exchanges of music. We emulated the form.
He would write a blog post. I would respond. I would improvise one of his hunches. He would iterate one of my posts. A calland-response approach to a developing friendship.
We wrote like this alongside one another without ever meeting or speaking directly – much like many of us: we never meet the people we admire from afar. We read their stories. We watch their videos. We inspect their work. We make up the in-between
the shape of design frank chimero
Copyright © 2012 by Frank Chimero
Editor: Mandy Brown
http://www.shapeofdesignbook.com
Copyeditor: Allen Tan
http://www.frankchimero.com
Designer: Frank Chimero
the shape of design
Printed and bound by
isbn 978 - 0 - 9854722 - 0 - 7
Shapco Printing, Minnesota
first edition
Written on the road:
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution
Portland, Oregon
Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 Unported License
Austin, Texas
New York, New York
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
San Francisco, California
Los Angeles, California
The Shape of Design was born of a spirit of generosity in
Phoenix, Arizona
those who backed the book on Kickstarter. It should
Springfield, Missouri
continue that way. Share and remix the text, so long as
Wellington, New Zealand
the resulting work is non-commercial and attribution
Nottingham, England
is provided.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Thank you.
Brighton, England
Cardigan, Wales
For all those on the road —
contents
ix xiii Foreword
Introduction
19
29
37
47
part 1: the song
How and Why
Craft and Beauty
Improvisation and Limitations
Form and Magic
61
71
part ii: in-between spaces
Fiction and Bridges
Context and Response
81
91
101
109
part iii: the opening
Stories and Voids
Frameworks and Etiquette
Delight and Accommodation
Gifts and Giving
125
129
Endnotes
Acknowledgements
liz danzico foreword Frank Chimero and I came together over a shared commitment to jazz. But not only exchanges of music. We emulated the form.
He would write a blog post. I would respond. I would improvise one of his hunches. He would iterate one of my posts. A calland-response approach to a developing friendship.
We wrote like this alongside one another without ever meeting or speaking directly – much like many of us: we never meet the people we admire from afar. We read their stories. We watch their videos. We inspect their work. We make up the in-between