If Design Is Art, What Are You Willing to Risk for the Love of Your Craft?

The Passion and Challenge of Design Porn

Published: January 19, 2024

This is not my typical blog, so please indulge me on this one...

You may not know this about me, but I grew up in the art world at a very young age. My childhood goal was to work for Disney as an animator. Throughout my childhood and into high school, I was enrolled in a wide variety of art classes, adult art schools and would fail after three attempts, to get into Cal Arts in Valencia, CA. Later I would apply my art background into a career in high-end custom decorative lighting, designing for hospitality, commercial and high-end residential projects worldwide.

In the world of art, there is a culture of self exploration and self expression. Which ever medium you are drawn to (fine art, graphic design, fashion, graffiti art, etc.), there is a passion and a love, that you are willing to risk everything for.

As a lighting designer, my world easily crossed over into the world of interior design and architecture. In this world, designers and architects are both artists and project managers. Bridging the creative process with timelines, client expectations, vendors, deliverables and budget constraints.

But from my own humble perspective, there is another influence that quietly drives the design and architecture industry, that isn't quite called out enough, or for the same reasons, as I believe it should...READ MORE