Archive for October, 2006

Charrette syndrome

Posted: 23rd October 2006 by Avril in Uncategorized

Last week I had the privilege of being part of a team for a 6-day design charrette that kicked off a community visioning process for the District of Sechelt. What is a charrette, you ask? Well, according to Wikipedia, it can be any collaborative session in which a group of designers drafts a solution to [...]

Late night musings

Posted: 2nd October 2006 by Avril in Uncategorized

A couple of days ago I visually recorded a session in Whistler, BC (am hoping I’ll get permission to post the images here). Someone at the session told me that one of the things they loved about this process was the fact that they could see their thoughts taking concrete shape almost as soon as [...]