Sketches of Frank Gehry

Sketches of Frank Gehry is a documentary following the design process of the amazing architect, Frank Gehry.  Gehry’s incredible work can be seen throughout the world.  His modern style is very unusual, but also incredibly beautiful and mesmerizing.  He goes against the norm and doesn’t consider the “rules” when designing.  He lives completely in the moment, and experiments with everything and every situation.  Every design project begins with models.  In Sketches of Frank Gehry, we often see him begin by making paper models, folding and cutting as he goes.  His design team has come accustomed with how his mind works.  Their communication is almost nonverbal.  However, his team knows what he wants, and supports him in everything.  When his idea is almost perfect in model form, he works with 2 or 3 different scales of that model.  Once these models are complete, they enter them into a computer to create a 2D representation of the object.  One specific thing that inspired me in the documentary was his interpretation of a painting in his architecture.  This amazing architect that has made renowned structures around the world, wishes he could paint.  However, he has never tried and doesn’t plan too.  Instead, he portrays these paintings through his own type of work.  Frank Gehry is extremely successful because of his creativity, and his love for experimentation.  Surprisingly, he does receive much criticism about his work.  However, he keeps going, because he is true to his style.