Sarah West Young
@west
Head of Growth @ Modern Synthesis
Creator / Writer / Chief Procrastinator @ Material Change
Sarah West Young
materialchange.design
Timeline
1990: Problem recognized
2007: Location selected
2008: Architects selected
2011: Schematic design completed
2013: Construction starts
2017: Construction ends; library opens
1990: Problem recognized
2007: Location selected
2008: Architects selected
2011: Schematic design completed
2013: Construction starts
2017: Construction ends; library opens
Terra Dankowski • How to Build a Library | American Libraries Magazine
how to build the world’s best library
Indicative timeline for building a mega library
Un espace pour le livre - guide à l'intention de tous ceux qui construisent, aménagent ou rénovent une bibliothèque (BIBLIOTHEQUE)
amazon.com
I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.
Sylvia Plath
Design is not what we make. Design is what we make possible.
Brian Collins • 101 Design Rules
“Cody is not a therapist, mental health professional, trauma informed facilitator, or anything else that would give them credentials for talking about the brain and how it figures out how to plan a day
They are a hermit and a social person and many things and skilled at planning as a Gemini, Human Design Manifestor, Queer person, freak, and artist
Th
... See morepeople don’t buy products when they understand them. they buy products when they feel understood.
