1. Design with attention for imperfection.
2. Never finish your design completely, but find the beauty in ‘what could have been’.
3. Use materials that are available in the direct surroundings.
4. Give your design an extra layer of meaning, association.
5. Design with the shadows in mind.
6. Design the reflections in the window.
7. Design with deep care and understanding for all the users of the space.
8. Design with simple shapes that are open for interpretation by everyday users.
9. Always keep a memory of the old situation in the new design.
Revisited / Final Rules
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Imperfection - Intentionally and visibly include imperfection and incompletion in your design.
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Local materials first - Use only materials that are available in the direct surroundings.
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Shadows and reflection - If you design shapes, always do it from a perspective of the shadows these shapes will throw or the way they will mirror themselves in reflective surfaces.
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Real users - Start your design from deep care and understanding for all the users of the space and end with shapes that are recognizable by these every day (real) users.
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Memory - Always preserve a memory of the old situation in the new design.
Results
I found it difficult to make something for the first rule. The unfinishedness and incompleteness is something that, for me, happens by chance and in the process. It is not something that can be designed. If you design something to be unfinished, it is still finished because you reached your goal for it to be finished in its unfinishedness. I think this rule is more a kind of reminder that you should not forget to look at your work while it is being made because you might miss the beauty in the incompleteness of your work, which can bring strength and/or a different outcome of this work.
