Mark Sloan, director of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, who earned a design degree, said most people don’t think about design from day to day; they just assume that what they are looking at is fated: from signage to script to the way parks are constructed or chairs are made.
When things are proportional and integrated, when they have “the right feel,” the visual landscape can be said to work well. It may all seem effortless, but much labor is required, Sloan said.
