Let’s talk about what it means to have time and space for reflection. “I don’t have enough time for meaningful reflection.” I hear this regularly from food system professionals who are eager to reconnect with their WHY—their sense of purpose, what brings them to their work—but feel like they can’t slow down due to manufactured […]

Just a friendly reminder: Manufactured urgency doesn’t serve the folks we’re designing with and for—and it doesn’t serve us as individuals. If we don’t slow down, it’s difficult to effectively apply our values to our work. On top of that, it can lead us to disconnect from why we do what we do. From what has informed our […]

A few weeks ago I was on a call with a new member of Studio Magic Hour’s Equity Design Essentials cohort. We were getting to know each other a bit before the program kicked off. Close to the end of our conversation, she asked a question that caught me off-guard: “So, what was one of […]