Last night I went to see the singer, songwriter and general musician/genius, Chris Wood. He was playing at a small folk club in Bury St Edmund (Suffolk) and sang with just his guitar as accompaniment. He is apparently a self taught musician and music is a language that I know nothing about (apart from listening) but to me he seemed to play with different tunings, timings and generally kept you second guessing what was about to come and wanting more. The lyrics were beautifully crafted, even when dealing with difficult subjects like the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (Hollow point). He was constantly bringing in new elements and there seemed to be a fair bit of risk and a huge amount of originality.
So what has this to do with design, well for me they are very similar, both have to pull together many elements, some familiar and some not so, these need to blend and work in some sort of harmony but discourse and serendipity can also add an exciting element.
http://chriswoodmusic.co.uk/
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