<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"AD 100 Tips\nWords of advice from today&amp;#39;s top designers and architects\nA project\u2019s site is one of its most important elements. Always carefully consider the story of the site and the design cues that ensue.\\n\\n\u2014Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner, Marmol Radziner + Associates\nDoing your research before you select an interior designer is imperative. Request a reference list of clients and speak to them. Do your homework before embarking on such an important investment in living.\\n\\n\u2014Scott Snyder\nTo anchor a sofa, I prefer to have two matching pillows of the sofa fabric at each corner. Then you can go wild!\\n\\n\u2014Marjorie Shushan\nTrust your architect.\\n\\n\u2014Juan Mir\u00F3 and Miguel Rivera, Mir\u00F3 Rivera Architects\nDesign is all around; it\u2019s simply a question of reevaluation and reconfiguration into new forms. So lift your eyes from the pavement to the buildings and details around you.\\n\\n\u2014Martin Kemp, Candy &amp;amp; Candy\nLess is more. More quality and less quantity is a great mantra during the design process. Not all we own needs to be on display. It is important to be selective about what you need to live with.\\n\\n\u2014Nina Seirafi\nIn architecture, the goal should be to improve the inhabitant\u2019s life within the project. To achieve this, it is necessary to understand very well the inhabitant and the environment where the project will be located. This can be a room, a house, an apartment building or a public building.\\n\\n\u2014Alex P\u00F6ssenbacher\nAlways make brown paper templates of the dimensions of framed artwork to be hung in a given space. Place them at the proposed height and location on the wall with painter\u2019s tape before you hang the actual work. This way you can avoid damaging your walls.\\n\\n\u2014Alexa Hampton\nWe have found that listening gives way to better design.Always keep in mind that the first idea you had was probably the best idea.\\n\\n\u2014Hugh Newell Jacobsen\nTranslate the client\u2019s program and wishes into drawings in the shortest time possible, hopefully in no more than a week. The drawings will then become the program and express the client\u2019s wishes. In other words, go from the written form to the visual aspect of the drawings as soon as possible.\\n\\n\u2014Howard J. Backen"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/ad100-tips-slideshow-2010-06>