The Agati Video Podcast

“You can’t design for the world if you’re not of the world.” – Cheryl Durst Today we have a must-listen conversation to share with you. Cheryl Durst, Hon. FIIDA, is the Executive Vice President and CEO of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). A long time friend of ours here at Agati, she has spurred progress, driven change, and encouraged the expansion of the interior design indust...

“How do we shape environments that encourage people to behave certain ways in certain places?” – Jeff Hoover Jeff Hoover has been doing library planning and design at Tappé Architects since 1984. Today he is a Principal at the firm and has recently been Chair of the Architecture for Public Libraries Committee for the ALA. Jeff is a good friend of ours here at Agati, and it’s an honor to be able to...

For this episode, Joe had the pleasure of sitting down with Karla Trout, Executive Director of the Lancaster County Library System in Pennsylvania, where she helps support 17 libraries. She describes her role as an umbrella "under rather than over" member libraries where she and her team are able to be a supporter of their direction and initiatives. Karla has a unique journey that brough...

"Buildings can tell stories, and there are embodied stories in every material that's reused." - Matt Dubbe For this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Matt Dubbe with Mead & Hunt, an architecture firm focused on aviation. Matt is their national design/market leader for aviation architecture. He specializes in sustainable projects that reflect a practical sensibilit...

"We have an innate affiliation with nature." - Bill Browning This episode is basically a masterclass introduction to biophilic design. No matter your specific role, there is so much great insight here. For our second episode of the podcast, we have Bill Browning, one of the founders of Terrapin Bright Green, and a foremost thinker for the green building industry and well-known advocate f...

"I believe so strongly that education is a vehicle to opportunity." For our first episode of the podcast, we're welcoming Margaret Sullivan, Founder of Margaret Sullivan Studio, a full-service design firm specializing in cultural and civic institutions, with an emphasis on 21st-century libraries. In this conversation, Margaret shares about being asked early in her career to become a...