Constraints and Solutions
I remember watching a Charles and Rae Eames interview where designer Charles Eames was asked, “Do you ever compromise?” and he replied “No, but I’ve accepted constraints.” [ great answer by the way ]
Pictured left is a screen shot from the video game Call of Duty a popular first person shooter game. A father and his son negotiating the terms of his gameplay. The father writes, “I asked Evan to google the Geneva Convention and he had to read it and we discussed it. The deal is that Evan has to fight according to the rules of the Geneva Convention. If he or his teammates violate the Convention, play stops and Call of Duty goes away for a while.” I think this was a brilliant solution!