Pooja Desai and Sarah Rupani interview an Alumni of the University of Houston, College of Architecture and Design. She speaks on life post college and her experience working in the design field during the pandemic. Today Ami is working for DLR Group, an international integrated design firm (https://www.dlrgroup.com/about/). 

Amber Quinn and Sarah White interview a practicing French architect, director of the materials research collaborative at the CoAD, and co-founder of the firm z4z4 (https://z4z4.es/) that she leads with her partner. Mantz expresses her efforts to design with an ecological sensibility as well as her journey to educate others to do the same. Reflecting on her successes and failures, Mantz defines what she believes it means to be a designer. 

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Sarah White interviews a developer motivated by his consciousness as the Director of Building Programs at Alembic Community Development in New Orleans. Grote's employer focuses on, "generating investment in undeserved neighborhoods through real estate development and organizational capacity building" ( https://alembiccommunity.com/). Michael Grote shares resources for students interested in designing and developing projects consciously, and his journey to Development from Architecture as a graduate of the CoAD.

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Amber Quinn interviews Jason Logan, a practicing architect, professor of the University of Houston College of Architecture and Design, and our APX faculty advisor and brother. He shares some of his late night studio memories as a student in the late 90s including sledding down the CoAD stairs and swinging off the fourth floor into the atrium. Now as a graduate of Columbia he discusses whether or not a masters is worth the financial burden and shares his efforts to update and diversify the curriculum in his new role the head of the foundation studios.

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Morgan Mendenhall and Pooja Desai interview Anne-Elisabeth, an Industrial Design student and leader who speaks on her intentions of making sustainability more than a checkbox. As well as her intern experience at https://pretti.cool/, a Houston based home décor company featured in Nordstrom and Anthropology.

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Architecture and Design students share their Valentines to Design, addressed to the places, people, experiences, and things that inspire us all. If you feel inspired to write your own Valentine to Design, DM us @sorryiminstudio on Instagram to have the chance for your writing featured on Valentines Day (Details on Instagram).

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Kadmiel Konan interviews a practicing Industrial Designer and Professor of the University of Houston's College of Architecture and Design. Wells had the unique experience of being in school when the transition to digital design first began. Listen to find out about how he found industrial design while in art school studying sculpture. He reminds students, "there is no point in making a project to please a teacher", and encourages them to focus on the process and learning.

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Imran Ahmed interviews Roberto and Jason, two current students who created the up-and-coming street wear brand Spatial Collective. They share their creative process, their dynamic as business owners and friends, their goals for the future of the brand, as well as how the message behind their brand, "always create with intent (ACWI),” came to be! Listen to find out more about their latest collection, Polaris, OUT NOW! 

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Amber Quinn interviews Dwight Brown, a former student of the CoAD who diverted from college in his fourth year to run his multi-million dollar company, Tiddies Sandals in the early 1970s with his brother Kevin! He gives insight into his experience being a student during the Vietnam war, and the political climate during his time in design school. Since school he has utilized his knowledge of structure and sustainability to build an electric car in the 1980s, many boats, and iconic kinetic sculptures. He encourages all designers to challenge themselves and experiment! 

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Sarah White interviews an Alumni of the CoAD Interior Architecture program. In college Martin's studio won the Interior Architecture program's first AIA award! Through this experience he emphasizes the importance of building a family in your studio because, "they can take you to places you have never gone before". He now works at PDR and is rethinking the fundamentals of space in a post-Covid world. Martin speaks on utilizing his passions for social science, research, graphic design and architecture to transform spaces of social interaction. Listen as Martin gives advice regarding internships and provides an inside look at the process, setbacks, and successes. He also, provides an inside look at opportunities for designers at the Houston Zoo, that he learned about as a graphic design intern. 

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