Tag Archives: Design

May 31 0 comments
Design, Urban Planning, community development

What are the possibilities when building a community from scratch?

Last week I got the opportunity to participate in the Naked Development Forum hosted by Serenbe and Kalu Yala.  The entire day was focused on exploring the different ways to answer the question: How does one build community? I attended a session led by Ed Everett (who is the city manager responsible for the awesomeness [...]

May 07 2 comments
Design, Urban Planning, community development

Take the time to design

I want everything I own, sit on, drive in, drive on, drive through, play with, touch – use in any way-to be well and thoughtfully designed. That doesn’t mean I need 18k gold chairs. It means that I want the things I buy and use to be purposeful and pretty.


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