Archinect - Features 2024-05-04T10:21:41-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150172033/a-conversation-with-the-architect-who-is-bringing-the-world-s-iconic-buildings-to-the-chessboard A Conversation With the Architect Who Is Bringing the World's Iconic Buildings to the Chessboard Eleanor Marshall 2019-11-26T07:42:00-05:00 >2019-11-28T13:35:50-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5bb38f20d559838dc90994ac1efa5f38.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Trained architects turning their hand to product design is not a new phenomenon. In the 21st century Sam Jacob Studio is <a href="https://outpost.archinect.com/store/sam-jacob-studio-half-timbered-t-shirt?category=Apparel" target="_blank">producing</a> t-shirts and Zaha Hadid Architects are <a href="https://zaha-hadid-design.com/" target="_blank">producing</a> everything from vases to shoes, at the turn of the previous century architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh was designing clocks. It is common for architects diversify into other careers, as polymathic architecture education fosters a wide variety of skills.&nbsp;</p>