The Monticello Dialogues, Part 3 - Design as Celebration with William McDonough

MP3 Download Once more McDonough takes us on a far-ranging journey into the question of how we can reexamine a fundamental question about what we make. He asks, “What am I trying to accomplish here?” and “Is there another way to do it?” He adds how he and his team enter a design opportunity: “We come at it and say, ‘What is native to this place? What would it mean to rise from the ground here in a way that honors all beings, in a way that’s a celebration of life, instead of a fear of death?’” This deep dialogue gives us much to contemplate regarding an expanded awareness of ecology, intelligence, justice, and celebration. (hosted by Michael Toms) Bio William McDonough is an anticipatory design architect. But more than that he is a philosopher for the 21st century and is asking some of the most critical questions we should be thinking about in these challenging times. He’s the former Dean of the Architecture Department at the University of Virginia, and was named “Hero of the Planet” by