The Space Between

I had a strange coincidence occur last night that I thought would be worth sharing. I recently had the opportunity to listen to Branko Lukic give a private talk to us junior and senior designers in the ID program. Up to the point, I had no idea who he was or what he had done. A quick scroll through his website and I got a sense of what impressive work he had done. Those cool UE cylinder and disc shaped speakers, yea those came out of his firm. What took me back however was not his body of work but that man himself. He was one of those individuals that upon speaking with, you get a sense of how grounded they really are. In my time there have only been a few people that I have encountered that have a way about themselves in which they display these characteristics. They are aware of who they are inside and out. 

This guy understood 'it' very well. 

To keep it brief, I bought his book and I received it last night. I was anxious as I pulled it out of its bubble wrap. The book gleamed in the light across a aluminum colored cover. The words NONOBJECT are placed carefully in the center in bold white type. As I began to turn through the pages and read the introduction I began to notice something. "The Space Between" was spelled out across different pages. What a strange coincidence. Turns out "the space between" is a way Lukic himself explains design. At least from what I've briefly read, its his ethos. I'll find out in the summer.

For the record I chose the title for this blog way before I had met this guy or bought his book. It came to me in a short burst of inspiration. At the time it just made sense to name it this. This blog is a way of recording my observations in design and discovering someone who uses the same phrase to explain his ethos makes me believe that I am on the right path to somewhere.

Just a thought.

Fred