I was taught to measure with my eye in design school, measuring the use and the beauty of form within letters, proportions, and patterns. At the same time, I observed my father calculating weight based on measurement systems. Robert Lamour was a metrologist able to measure the weight of ink on a dollar bill. This means he used prisms to magnify particles of information. His optical prism serves as a metaphor for my teaching. A prism within becomes a magnification of what the individual sees.