Kind of Boring

Essay, expanding design practices, Kind of Boring, No Density, Paul Preissner, Territory and mobility

Analysis, Architect’s role, Architecture, Cultural agitator, Culture, Digital era, Essay, Iconic architecture, Information, Landmark, New paradigms, Online, Power of materiality, Programmatic coexistences, Space-body relationship, Technology, User’s experience

This essay is an excerpt of Kind of Boring by Paul Preissner, published by Actar Publishers -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2018964805

There are a lot of pictures and images to look at in the world now thanks to the cultural clearinghouse of the internet and social media, books, magazines, and friends. Some are spectacular, some are gross, some are funny, most are ordinary, and some are pretty boring. This firehose of visual culture captures most of my attention, and as I’ve entered my forty-fifth year looking at things my eyes get a little glossy at interesting things. Where the novel and saturated picture used to occupy my mind for long periods of time, I now find more enjoyment, depth, and attraction with the boring and mundane things.