A designer space should be a mess

A designer’s space should be a mess. My space has reference materials, prints, textures, and samples spread out over large working surfaces. I look for accidents and try to connect unexpected dots between unrelated subjects.
Many of greatest solutions the world has ever seen are the result of cross-pollination. The world may not have ever known penicillin or microwave ovens without what we call “happy accidents.”
These innovations would never have happened had creative people not been working toward discovery in a “hands on” physical medium." by David Morelock
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