Designing as connecting

Utopias are over. A new world already exists among the multitude of small-scale experiments that are now emerging in diverse contexts.There's a huge opportunity for designers to connect the 'what is?', with the 'what if?' in these real-world projects. Drawing on a lifetime of travel in search ofreal-world projects that work, John will give examples of designers working with surprising collaborators in food hubs, fibersheds, biorefining, civic ecology, and cargo bikes.