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"When I was 10 years old, my elementary school teacher assigned the class a puzzle, which she wanted us to solve by thinking creatively. The solution offers the essence of how to think about design. Here's the problem: Without taking pen off paper, and using only four straight lines, connect the nine dots. At home I spent hours on the problem and grew increasingly frustrated. I knew my teacher wouldn't lie to us, that there must be an answer, yet it appeared to be"When I was 10 years old, my elementary school teacher assigned the class a puzzle, which she wanted us to solve by thinking creatively. The solution offers the essence of how to think about design. Here's the problem: Without taking pen off paper, and using only four straight lines, connect the nine dots. At home I spent hours on the problem and grew increasingly frustrated. I knew my teacher wouldn't lie to us, that there must be an answer, yet it appeared to be an impossible assignment. During the middle of the night, however, I awoke with the answer clear in my mind. I reached for the problem and magically connected the dots with four straight lines. What I discovered was that, if I stayed within the box created by the dots, I couldn't solve the problem. Once I broke the confines of the outline, the problem solved itself."
"Is there a way to think beyond ordinary boundaries to create a house that works better for us? This is the secret to designing a Not So Big House--the ability to think creatively, responding to needs and wishes, not to preconceived notions of what a house should be."
--from The Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka
