At my university, we’re wrapping up a strategic planning process that had us talking about (re)design of living/learning spaces as a way to break down the traditional “silos” and foster cross-curricular collaboration; rethink our relationship with information, the library, and research; etc. It’s enough to make a person light-headed. I’m particularly interested in how we’ll work out our relationship to our information commons. Your thoughts on design as a transformative influence on creativity are a hopeful place to start.

Love the sushi diagram. How appropriate. . . joy/humor as the hidden-yet-potent ingredient.