Introduction

In this engrossing discussion, Abraham Burickson elaborates on how his journey in the world of architecture led him to develop the concept of experience design. 

Having worked in various architecture firms and conducted research, Abraham discovered a gap between the promise of architecture and its practice. From tangible architectural projects to uniquely curated experiences called Odyssey Works, Abraham redefines the conventional understanding of architecture. 

Discussing his one-person tailored experiences approach, Abraham delves into the philosophy behind embracing a client's life and empathizing with their reality to create designs that reflect their authentic aspirations.

Highlights:

• Exploring Indigenous Architecture in the Amazon
• Frustrations with Traditional Architecture Practice
• The Birth of Odyssey Works: Personalized Experiences
• Impact of Odyssey Works on Participants
• Reflections on the Power of Personalized Design
• Long Architecture Project and Phase 0
• Connecting to our Humanity and Our Community
• Digging deeper to get to the WHY
• Finding Our North Star
• The Life-Changing Power of Connection
• Experience Design Certificate Program
• Experience Design, a Participatory Manifesto

Links: 

• Preorder Abraham's book: Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto
• Experience Design Certificate Program: Odyssey Works
• Long Architecture Project
• TEDx Talks: Design Experiences, Not Things 

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Guest Bio:
Abraham Burickson, Co-Founder of Odyssey Works and Co-Director of the Experience Design Certificate Program, has spent more than two decades exploring the relationship between what we make and how it is experienced. Trained in architecture at Cornell University and in poetry and playwriting at the Michener Center for Writers, he has also studied the transformative power of designed experience with the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey, the Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon, and with countless artists, designers, and students through Odyssey Works. He is also the founder of The Long Architecture Project, which rethinks architectural practice from the perspective of Experience Design. He has won prizes, lectured and taught widely, given a TEDxtalk, and was once hired by German television to kidnap an American skateboarding champion. His book Experience Design, A Participatory Manifesto, is now available from Yale University Press.