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LA CHARETTE

What is a Charette?

The term “charette” evolved from a pre-1900 exercise at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. Architectural students were given a design problem to solve within an allotted time. When that time was up, the students would rush their drawings from the studio to the Ecole in a cart called a charrette. Students often jumped in the cart to finish drawings on the way. The term evolved to refer to the intense design exercise itself. Today it refers to a creative process akin to visual brainstorming that is used by design professionals to develop solutions to a design problem within a limited timeframe.

THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARD ROBE

GOOD ADVICE

12. What are your interests other than music and the tuba? Hobbies?
My primary hobby is fitness. I think there is affinity between fitness and playing an instrument. In both I have to train different parts of myself separately for a final result: well-being and music.

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PAULY WALLY DOODLE

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