In our post-gender world
This is a large claim. Are we already in the is world? Or, are we trying to get there?
In our post-gender world
This is a large claim. Are we already in the is world? Or, are we trying to get there?
Modernism
The mention of Modernism being the foundation for today's design industry made me want to do a little bit more research on it. This is a great read from the New Yorker on its roots: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/26/the-occult-roots-of-modernism
As an influential landscape designer of early campuses, Fredrick Law Olmstead worked with the philosophy that the physical landscape features had a direct impact on shaping human behavior, and offer students an active, experiential education versus passive or theoretical learning.
This section reminded me of a great book by Professor Will Willson at Duke University. His work is on the "the context, mechanisms, and consequences" of urban environments. It goes into great deal about the psychological effect environments have on people. The ebook can be found here: http://people.duke.edu/~wgw/ConClim/index.html
Americans expect a university campus to look different than other places (Gumprecht, 2007) and that the campus “expresses something about the quality of academic life, as well as its role as a citizen of the community in which it is located”
Reminds me of a great article from The Huffington Post, "Students are not customers" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-m-parsons/students-are-not-customer_b_6310462.html