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30 Sep 2026 1 minute read 1 comment Patrick Larsen $0.10
The one rule I follow when designing outside my own culture. Whenever I design for a culture that isn't mine — which is most of the time — I follow one rule: study the people, never just the aesthetics. It's an easy rule to state and a hard one to k...
4 Sep 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.02
The two words are supposed to clash. That's the whole point. The book is called The Mystical Science of Creativity, and yes, those two words are supposed to clash. That's the whole point — the title is the argument, compressed. Creativity has been b...
7 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.09
What Lila at Enchanting Valley taught me about continuity. Here's a principle Lila drove home for me: if you want a place to feel whole, don't design the show and the venue as separate jobs. Design them as one. Lila is the resident show at Enchantin...
6 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.27
When the same person writes it, directs the vision, builds the set and designs the costumes, a show stops feeling assembled Here's a small idea about creative work that Varuna proved to me better than any project I've done: coherence is easier to bu...
