Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Motivations


Photos courtesy of rogue HAA

I really enjoyed being a part of this design conversation hosted by rogueHAA on August 16 at 2:1 Gallery. We were asked to think about what "motivations" (and ulterior motives) inspire us to do our work in the city, so it was a nice chance to revisit my mission and inspiration from Jane Jacobs, James Howard Kunstler, Jaime Lerner and others. It also gave me the opportunity to reflect on some of the things I've learned in my last decade here in Detroit.

Thanks to Melissa Dittmer and Jamie Witherspoon from Hamilton Anderson for including me in the discussion. Thanks also to Milton Curry, Kate Daughdrill and Stephen Vogel for sharing their ideas and experience.