The Duetto Spider. A lovely little effort from another master besides Frank
I just returned from a trip to Buffalo, New York. For what it’s worth, if you are flying back from the East and granted the chance to be re-routed for points, speak up immediately and say, “I would love to get routed through Buffalo, New York.”
Suddenly, you could be perceived as a saint by fellow yuppies who are weighing the merits of a stopover in another perceived hell like Detroit (which is actually a real hell compared to this overlooked architectural paradise I am about to describe).
You may also come face to face with something many never will–that modern American architecture neither begins nor ends with Frank Lloyd Wright, and that in many cases this graphic designer (the one area in which he is peerless) actually got it wrong.
How do I know this?
a) I study proportion as design exercise every day.
b) I have learned from Giorgetto Giguaro, Batista Pinnifarina and Tom Tjdara, who teach us that proportion is essential to the design of all things. (Use my links if you want to meet the dudes.)
c) Frank frequently got proportion wrong in his work, leaving people with the desire to bolt from his buildings.
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