Entry 51 – Beginning the Rack Project
Making Space Without Custom Prices When I started redesigning my studio, one thing became clear...
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Entry 50 – The Shelf Starts Fitting In
Patience as a Design Tool If I had to do this entire studio redesign over again, there’s one...
Entry 49 – Can This Shelf Work as a Rack
When an Idea Starts to Take Shape Have you ever had a moment during a studio design—or...
Entry 48 – Turning A Shelf Into a Rack
When to Put Down the Measuring Tape and Just Try It During my studio redesign, one idea kept...
Entry 47 – The Shelf That Changed Everything
How Your Perception of Your Studio Changes Over Time It’s interesting how your perception of...
Entry 46 – I Have A Rack and I Don’t Know How To Place It
When Looks Get in the Way of Function One of the issues I repeatedly stumbled into during my...
Entry 45 – A Larger Rack for New Gear
Imitation, Inspiration, and Making It Your Own Imitation is often said to be a form of...
Entry 44 – Shifting Things Around
Finding the Layout That Feels Right During the course of my studio redesign, I moved just about...
Entry 43 – Ideas Start to Take Shape
When Is Time Wasted… Well Spent? At first glance, this may sound like a ridiculous question....
Entry 42 – Trying (and Rejecting) Mixer Locations
A One-Time Window Opportunity, Chaos, and Why I Let the Camera Keep Rolling A Rare Economic...
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