The Business of Design

Category: bio

  • Benevolent Manipulation (aka Helping Someone Out)

    Our work lives require us to be professional. Being professional requires that we train ourselves with a filter that kicks in instantly to cancel out our base instincts. There may be times where that filter malfunctions.

  • 100 Conversations

    The contents of this blog arise from the ‘conversations’ I’ve had with people; whether in person or through various digital interactions. I’ve been contemplating adding a level of intention to this, and have decided to embark upon: 100 Conversations My goal is to reach out to 100 people and start a conversation with the question: At this point…

  • It’s 2015. Play is for All.

    In Anchorage, there’s a roller rink that recently forbade a child with a disability from being out on the rink. I don’t have children. I don’t have a disability. My family doesn’t have anyone with a disability. For some reason or another I passionately believe that it is a human right for children to have…

  • Optimistic Cynicism?

    What personality type would describe someone who it optimistically bitter and cynical? Many of the posts that this blog will contain will start with a complaint in my head about how things are. Then the little voice inside of me tells me to make lemonade, “be solution based!” I grumble a little but then shift into trying to…

  • Pretend You’re the Person You’d Like to Be

    I came into landscape architecture from an environmental science degree (ecology minor). When I started, I had a great interest in ecological restoration. I read papers, went to conferences, presented a few times, and otherwise tried to visualize what I wanted. Some of my friends teased me because I had landscape architecture AND restoration ecologist…