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Thank you to all that attended my presentation on Designing Innovation: Hubs, Labs, and Maker Spaces at the Society for College and University Planning Annual, International Conference in Chicago! As promised, I have linked the research cited during the presentation as well as provided images documenting your creative process and product! More photos are available via Twitter #SCUP50.

References on creativity cited during the presentation:
Give Your Ideas Some Legs: The Positive Effect of Walking on Creative Thinking
Physical space, culture and organisational creativity – a longitudinal study
Researchers tie unexpected brain structures to creativity — and to stifling it
Traversing the design-language divide in the design and physical learning environments: A trial of visual methods by Nicolette Lee and Stella Tan.
Dr. Chuck Eesley, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford publications on innovation & entrepreneurship.

Additional resources on this topic may be found here.

And now your work!

Planting Creativity: Artists, Place & Transit.

Read more on How Creative Placemaking Plays a Role in the Creative Economy.

Excerpts from Sir Ken Robinson’s Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative.

Mary Kletchko on Making Space for Creativity.

Architect Kunlé Adeyemi on building better water cities using local resources and materials.

Beautiful story by Conrad Tambour.

Sharing one of my favourite works by Oliver Jeffers. I’m moved by the children’s voices as they read the story and play in the background. To learn more about Mr. Jeffers, visit here.

“Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, we’ll move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of our fate.” ~ Jason Silva