When: April 17th, 11:38 a.m.
Where: Main Street, downtown Wilmington, OH
Mark Rembert from Energize Clinton County: “I don’t think you can do humanitarian work at a global level, because you can’t see people as humans when you’re looking that broadly. It has to happen locally because people are committed to a place.”
When: April 16th, 10:15 a.m.
Where: Wilmington High School parking lot
Student #1, about to enter the trailer: “So is it awesome in there?”
Student #2, coming out of the trailer: “Yeah, it’s pretty dang sweet.”
When: April 15th, 11:59 a.m.
Where: In a meeting with design faculty at University of Cincinnati
Professor Sooshin Choi: “Design education is like Home Depot: You can do it. We can help.”
When: April 14th, 8:43 a.m.
Where: In an RV Park outside Madison, WI
Emily: “I don’t want to run fast, I want to run far.”
(On my goals as a runner, a statement which Matt thinks is begging to be analyzed by a psychologist)
When: April 13th, 2:54 p.m.
Where: Standing outside the trailer in Stevens Point, WI
Fine arts student: “They tell us to ‘be good designers and get jobs,’ but not to ‘do good’ necessarily. It’s nice to know there’s something bigger.”
When: April 12th, 1:45 p.m.
Where: Standing outside the trailer in Stevens Point, WI
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point interior architecture professor: “They said ‘Parks are too hard to build,’ and yet, they build man-made islands!”
(on the need for a design revolution in Dubai)
When: April 10th, 5:21 p.m.
Where: On a plane from Chicago to Central Wisconsin
Passenger #1: “So, what do you do for a living?”
Passenger #2: “Computers.”
Passenger #1: “Me too!”
(End of conversation)
When: April 9th, 10:45 a.m.
Where: An educational funders conference in San Francisco (where I traveled to for 24 hrs)
Design thinker Arnold Wasserman: “I get concerned when I see too much congruence. Innovation doesn’t happen at the center of a community. It happens at the border. Let’s bring back the stuff beyond the border and nurture the crazy.”
When: April 8th, 9:33 a.m.
Where: Half asleep, in a hotel in Elgin, IL
Emily, to Matt: “We need a quote of the day. Say something witty.”
When: April 7th, 7:41 p.m.
Where: In the trailer outside SamataMason in West Dundee, IL, on the live show DesignCHAT
Matt: “It’s unfortunate because it’s half-assed. It’s the sort of ‘it’s good enough for them’ design…”
(On objects like the Lifestraw lacking certain necessary usability)