Author Archives: Jacqueline Ashby

“These people were speaking a language that was my language and it was a language that you didn’t have to be smart to understand. You know what I mean? All you had to do was have a heart and that was enough. I was always super inspired by that.”

Beautiful Losers (The Film) by Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard. *Explicit language and content

“Skaters by their very nature are urban guerrillas: they make everyday use of the useless artifacts of the technological burden, and employ the handiwork of the government/corporate structure in a thousand ways that the original architects could never dream of.” ~ Craig Stecyk, 1976“Two hundred years of American technology had unwittingly created a massive cement playground of unlimited potential. but it was the minds of 11 year olds that could see that potential.” ~ ZephyrSkateboarding, like any sport, requires focus, resilience and the embracement of failure. If you’re willing to kiss the dirt more than a few times, you’ll be just fine.

Where Good Ideas Come From. The Real Neuroscience of Creativity. 7 Strategies for Generating Ideas. Stanford Study Finds Walking Improves Creativity. Shaping a School System, From the Ground Up. 10 Characteristics Of A Highly Effective Learning Environment. SRCCON: Human-Centered Design & Media. New Study Indicates That the Physical Environment Has A Big Impact On Student Behavior and Engagement In Their Learning Process. Reshaping the Campus Experience: Learning Environment Design Workshop. PCAPPA 2014 Annual Conference. The First Great Female Architect.

Down the Rabbit Hole (DtHR) is a gathering of articles, videos, links, and resources on design, education, and whatever else has caught my nut brown hare.

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Image Credit: Jacqueline Ashby