BOOKS
Tomorrow Now
by Bruce Sterling
Visions
by Michio Kaku
Transformations: Process and Theory
by Doreen Nelson
Design as a Catalyst for Learning
by Meredith Davis et al
Experience and Education
by John Dewey
Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design
by Peter Pearce
The Artist’s Reality: Philosophies of Art
by Mark Rothko
Designing Design
by Kenya Hara
Light Reaching for the Moon
Ingo Maurer
Einstein’s Dreams
Alan Lightman
Jenny Holzer
Phaidon
Transmaterial
ed. Blaine Brownell
Neohoodoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith
edited by Franklin Sirmans
The World’s Religions
by Houston Smith
Deep True Human Experience
a talk by Eckhart Tolle
No More SMS from Jesus: Ubicomp, Religion and Techno-Spiritual Practices
by Genevieve Bell
(PDF document)
Context 3 Architect: Steven Holl
Art:21 Art in the Twenty-First Century (2001)
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers
Made of Light: The Art of Light and Architecture
Mark Major, Jonathan Speirs, Anthony Tischhauser
Birkhauser
WEB
Bespoke Futures
by Peter Lunenfeld
826LA
a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
Project H Design
Humanitarian product design, non-profit
StoryCorps
an NPR sponsored traveling storytelling project
padLAb
light, space and materials studio run by Dan Gottleib and Penny Herscovitch
Ruth Asawa
most famous for her wire sculptures
Local Projects
A media design firm for museums and public spaces
INFLUENCES
Tadao Ando
Tord Boontje
Etienne-Louis Boulee
John Dewey
Tara Donovan
Dan Flavin
Buckminster Fuller
Kenya Hara
Jenny Holzer
Ingo Maurer
Mark Rothko
James Turrell
Project H Design
