John Thackara Opens Doors For Us

While final reports are still trickling in from the Aspen Design Summit, we must pause for a moment to say that we now stay up at night praying that all design conferences are moderated by John Thackara. Despite a small misunderstanding with the altitude, Thackara was a gracious, engaged host, with such a well-crafted, sharp, pay-attention-or-you’ll-miss-it wit, it ran like footnotes beneath his intelligent commentary. Maybe it’s because we were prepared to love him because we were so in awe of his work in the Doors