Comments on: This Charette is Not A Tumbril http://www.dailywritingtips.com/this-charette-is-not-a-tumbril/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: PreciseEdit http://www.dailywritingtips.com/this-charette-is-not-a-tumbril/comment-page-1/#comment-94168 PreciseEdit Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:47:46 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1797#comment-94168 From the Carnegie Mellon Libraries: What is a Charette? The term “charette” evolved from a pre-1900 exercise at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. Architectural students were given a design problem to solve within an allotted time. When that time was up, the students would rush their drawings from the studio to the Ecole in a cart called a charrette. Students often jumped in the cart to finish drawings on the way. The term evolved to refer to the intense design exercise itself. Today it refers to a creative process akin to visual brainstorming that is used by design professionals to develop solutions to a design problem within a limited timeframe. From the Carnegie Mellon Libraries:

What is a Charette?
The term “charette” evolved from a pre-1900 exercise at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. Architectural students were given a design problem to solve within an allotted time. When that time was up, the students would rush their drawings from the studio to the Ecole in a cart called a charrette. Students often jumped in the cart to finish drawings on the way. The term evolved to refer to the intense design exercise itself. Today it refers to a creative process akin to visual brainstorming that is used by design professionals to develop solutions to a design problem within a limited timeframe.

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