The Future of Design

The creative are an underworld in society. The creative are generally overrun by the commercial. The creative are generally outvoted by the realists, the practical. The creative are usually outnumbered and silence is forced upon them. When you look at the city of Toronto, with all its concrete and glass, all its shades of grey, you do not see the creative forces that exist within it. When you look beyond to the GTA, you see rows and rows of identical suburban homes. There is no creativity here, nothing but the pursuits of wealthy businessmen who want to see their projects constructed as quickly and cheaply as possible.

And it is for that reason that the creative in the world of architecture or interior design are so appreciated. Revolutionary and futuristic buildings streamlined and beautiful, works of art, colorful and different - those are the things you remember in a city. Those are the things you stop at as you walk past, stop and gasp and revel in its difference, at its beauty. That is creativity ripping up dollar signs and throwing them to the wind, allow the mind to speak its volumes on a greater scale.

In honor of freedom and expression, particularly in the face of the current situation in Egypt - appreciate the creative and all they aim to tell.