Sarah West Young
@west
Head of Growth @ Modern Synthesis
Creator / Writer / Chief Procrastinator @ Material Change
Sarah West Young
materialchange.design
Design is not what we make. Design is what we make possible.
Brian Collins • 101 Design Rules
Lessons learned
What did each person wish they had known going into the process?
“The construction inflation during the design of this project was significant. By the time we got through design, we had to make some engineering changes to keep within budget,” says Smith. “Another lesson learned was to always be ready for anything the fire marshals... See more
What did each person wish they had known going into the process?
“The construction inflation during the design of this project was significant. By the time we got through design, we had to make some engineering changes to keep within budget,” says Smith. “Another lesson learned was to always be ready for anything the fire marshals... See more
Terra Dankowski • How to Build a Library | American Libraries Magazine
Be dangerous, its careful out there
When Shohei Ohtani was a high school freshman, he created a detailed "dream sheet" with one central goal: to be the #1 draft pick for 8 NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) teams.
It was a 64-cell roadmap based on a framework called the Harada Method.
Here's exactly what Shohei did... See more
This blew my mind - if a mother’s nipple diagnoses high numbers of antibodies in her baby’s spit she will up the level of sugar and/or her own tailored immuno-agents in the next batch of breast milk. And the spit intake mechanism also co-evolved to reduce nipple chafing
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
Ted Hughes:
“And that’s how we measure out our real respect for people—by the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerate—and enjoy. End of sermon. As Buddha says: live like a might river. And as the old Greeks said: live as though all your ancestors were living again through you.”
