Laura Pike Seeley
@laurapikeseeley
Laura Pike Seeley
@laurapikeseeley
Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self”, or perhaps exercising a kind of trained “forgetting” of that which is extraneous to the essential self. In this state, we become less prone to partaking in the superfluous occupations we impose upon ourselves to cope with the weight of social
... See moreAs designers, it is our responsibility to explore the discomfort zone, design holistically, and consider the full range of possibilities of what we create.


Neighborhoods that “improve” due to gentrification may do so in a manner that serves everyone living there—new sidewalks, more trees, more streetlights, cleaner streets—but how long can existing residents remain in a landscape that becomes rapidly unaffordable and alienating to them?
