John Maeda has shared his thoughts of reason regarding the MIT/Gehry scuffle and describes his own leaky office situation (in a different MIT building) over at Simplicity.
...as my alma mater and employer MIT engages in suing an architectural legend and icon, I can't help but feel it's sort of like suing Picasso for a bad painting or else like suing Paul Rand for a bad logo design. It's sort of embarrassing from my perspective as a creative really. Sure I get the whole business perspective and all ... but there isn't a single day when I see people photographing the Stata Center due to its incredibly interesting and innovative forms/moments. Innovation is by nature a risky business -- it's something I learned from MIT.
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Besides, anybody could've designed that excuse of a building. Just give me 300M and I'll design something out of this world. I'll make it quirky and asymmetrical, with random spots of primary colors just in case people didn't get that my masterpiece is supposed to be post modern. Perhaps my building will have plumbing and structural problems, but who cares? By then I'll be a legend, and people will love every minute being inside of my water drenched, possibly hazardous building.
What's a creative really?
'Creative' is NOT a noun!