Against the Infinite Canvas
EssayMarch 20264 min read

Against the Infinite Canvas

Endless space defers every decision. Sometimes a smaller room makes a better building.

The infinite canvas promises freedom and delivers paralysis. When nothing pushes back, hierarchy becomes optional, and optional hierarchy is no hierarchy at all.

Walls help

Give a layout edges and it starts to argue with itself in useful ways. The constraint is not the enemy of expression; it is the surface expression pushes against.

A room is a decision the canvas refuses to make.