Tetrahedron

A strong place to begin

The tetrahedron brings attention back to the foundation.

It can be especially meaningful when you are beginning something new, organizing a project, making a decision, or trying to find the essential structure inside too many possibilities.

When everything starts to feel complicated, the tetrahedron offers a very simple question:

What actually needs to be here for this to stand?

Sometimes the next step is not adding more.

It is identifying the few points that hold everything else together.

How to use it

Place the tetrahedron somewhere you can see it while you work, plan, write, or create.

You can use it as a visual reference whenever a project begins to expand in too many directions.

Look at the form and return to the foundation:

• What is the central idea?
• What is essential?
• What is supporting the structure?
• What can be removed without weakening it?

The tetrahedron does not ask for a smaller vision.

It asks for a stronger beginning.

Best for

Foundation
Focus
New beginnings
Structure
Simplification
Studios
Offices
Creative spaces
Core areas of the home