There are many things I do during a typical day ? designing ?stuff? is just one very small portion ? but I still consider myself a designer more so than a project architect. Since I work at a smallish firm, everyone wears many hats and nobody has just one task or label. To be considered […]

There are many things I do during a typical day ? designing ?stuff? is just one very small portion ? but I still consider myself a designer more so than a project architect. Since I work at a smallish firm, everyone wears many hats and nobody has just one task or label. To be considered a designer just means you need to think about the design of everything ? and I mean everything. Not everything I do is BIG picture design ? compared with the overall time spent, very little of it is ? but I consider the creation and coordination of the details of every project integral to the process that yields a successful design.[Note: If you are reading this via email, you will have to click here to access the on-site audio player] How do you define Designer" [0:45 mark]This is a pretty generic definition and fails to recognize allied design professionals. Where does Creativity fit in" [2:00 mark]I started thinking that creativity has more to do with how a person thinks, views, and processes information rather than their ability to draw or paint well. As a result, I think some of the most creative people are scientists ? people who don?t generally come to mind when the topic of cre...