ARCHIDEAS Design Seminar by Michael Fazio
BYU-I Interior Design students were favored with seminar presentations by the wonderful Michael Fazio from ArchIdeas. 
Mr. Fazio delivered dynamic presentations with valuable information on becoming a better designer. He particularly focused on the significance of good programming and developing the concept utilizing Community-based Planning; successfully identifying explicit, tacit, and latent client needs; and properly using networks. Some of the most important tips Mr. Fazio presented included:
- Learn to SEE - Look for activities, environments, information, objects, and users in a space (including seeing what is missing in the space)
- Delight in Failure - Force yourself to try a different approach to a problem
- Ask “Why?” and “Why not?”
- Choose a Good and Right Path
- Never Stop Learning
Mr. Fazio also reminded students to keep design and careers in perspective; after the wise words of Einstein, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted…”
