{"id":2318,"date":"2023-05-03T06:44:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T10:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-house-painter-and-the-architect\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T06:44:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T10:44:09","slug":"the-house-painter-and-the-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/the-house-painter-and-the-architect\/","title":{"rendered":"The house painter and the architect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We don\u2019t design a book until after it\u2019s written.<\/p>\n

Or cast the movie until the screenplay is complete.<\/p>\n

The house painter has an important job, but it makes no sense to plan for the painting before the house is designed.<\/p>\n

This makes a lot of sense because some parts of a project have high variability which can lead to very different outcomes.<\/p>\n

There are more than a billion ways to write a book, but fewer than 100 distinct categories of interior book design.<\/p>\n

We desperately need house painters, gaffers and book designers. If they don\u2019t deliver on their work, the entire project falls apart. But they don\u2019t go first.<\/p>\n

The job of the house painter is to amplify the architect\u2019s vision, not vice versa.<\/p>\n

So there are a few questions worth asking:<\/p>\n

First, which one of the tasks is the dominant variable, the one where simply doing \u2018a pretty good job\u2019 is going to be insufficient (no one talks about the roofer on a Frank Lloyd Wright house\u2013until it leaks).<\/p>\n

Second, which job do you want? We need both, but we should choose the path that suits our goals.<\/p>\n

[To be clear, it\u2019s a role, not a job title. There are plenty of designers and painters who act as architects, and some architects that are not the pivot point for the project.]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n