Because he designed everything – from houses to museums and public buildings – creating a wide variety of design solutions to respond to the requirements of each site and brief.īut also Edward de Bono.
Which radical thinkers have been an inspiration to you in your career?įrank Lloyd Wright. It also resulted in this really wide spectrum of work – from the industrial-style aesthetic of Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies to the organic forms created by Aalto and Wright. Early modernism created so many different alternatives to the standard forms of design and construction. In terms of the design and architecture industry, what do you consider the most radical era or pivotal moment?įor me, I look to what I’d call early modernism, which is the early part of the 20th century. So when I finished school, instead of taking over the family farm I packed my bags and went off to study architecture at university. It was very much my design teacher at secondary school encouraging me to enter a competition in the local newspaper to design a house for the year 2000 – which I won! I was hooked. We spoke to Tom Jones of Populous about the radical thinkers that have proved most inspiringĬan you pinpoint the thought that led you to a career in design?
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