LAW NO. 4CREATIVITY THRIVES UNDER INTELLIGENT CONSTRAINTS

 

Art consists of limitation.The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

G. K. Chesterton

Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham did not set out to launch a global wave of creativity. They were simply trying to figure out how to make a go of Super Deluxe, a tiny basement venue they owned in Tokyo that wasn’t doing very well. The two architects, name partners in the Tokyo-based firm Klein Dyson architecture (KDa), weren’t having much luck renting out the underground gallery/club/bar/lounge/performance space/creative kitchen. On a lark they decided to invite some architect colleagues over to spend an evening sharing their work and engaging in a bit of pecha kucha (peh-CHAHK-chah), a Japanese ...

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