Great Design and the Soul

Consider this post part of an ongoing series about exceptional design. The best example of total excellence, the best example of a person who symbolizes an almost mythic union between personal class and professional style, is Paul Williams, the famed architect and beloved Angeleno. (I purposefully avoid designating Mr. Williams as "the late so-and-so" because, though he is no longer with us physically, his buildings - the commissions he won during a period when race was a handicap and beauty was, while important, perhaps even necessary, still not enough to overcome man's own limitations - surround us throughout Southern California.) The connection to POM Wonderful with Paul Williams is, while not a formal one or even something others may immediately draw, one I fully see. For great design evokes a search for mutual excellence. When I buy POM Wonderful Tea, or when I use any number of products (my Dupont lighter is another), I feel the spirit of great design. I see Paul Williams.