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A room that works well in January rarely works as well in June. The furniture has not moved, but the light has, and so has what the space is being asked to do. Planning for that shift costs less than rearranging around it later.
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Colour choices are usually argued about in terms of taste, which is why the arguments do not resolve. Contrast is not a matter of taste. It is measurable, and it decides whether the text can be read at all.
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Most materials fail in predictable ways. Knowing which way a given material tends to go is more useful than knowing what it costs, because the cost is paid once and the failure is paid for repeatedly.
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Maintenance schedules fail because they are too ambitious to keep. A short routine that actually happens is worth more than a thorough one that is skipped twice and then abandoned.
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Packaging gets specified once, at the point where the first order is going out and the priority is that it arrives intact. It is rarely revisited, which is why most of it is heavier, larger and more expensive than the thing now requires.
