What
is on display is not so much a design aesthetic--though this is present
and was consciously constructed--as it is a way of working expressed through
design: fluid, open, dynamic, energetic.
Becker & Steele, 1994
Our
Boulder office is a Nav Center which directly supports the design process
for our own environments and for small client groups. The environment is
a showcase in miniature for the variety, flexibility, adaptability, beauty
and functionality of the larger centers at Palo Alto and Cambridge. It
is a knowledge rich environment in which the cornerstone of collaboration--working
big so all collaborators have access to the information they need--is demonstrated.
In addition to serving our every-day needs for a design facility, it hosts
design sessions for up to twenty persons.
Bottom
line: This is the greatest opportunity we as individuals have had in all
of history to design our own lives, our work, and our personal living environments
to meet our own needs and dreams. Only the people who understand
the logic of our new economy will achieve self-designed lives.
Harry S. Dent, 1995