Jonathan Jackson Will Not Be Constrained to a Singular Expertise
from Overshare: Honest Conversations with Creatives Hosted by Working Not Working
It’s funny how there are some things you don’t know about your friends until you interview them for a podcast. Overshare host Justin Gignac has known Jonathan Jackson since 2006 after they both won the ADC Young Guns, but Justin learned a lot about his friend during this conversation that he never knew. Hopefully you listeners will learn a lot from this interview as well, and then go get to know Jonathan’s work. Jonathan Jackson is the co-founder and partner at Bushwick design studio WeShouldDoItAll, which he started with his wife Sarah Nelson Jackson. The name is born out of a simple intention, that designers should not be confined to a singular expertise. In the words of Robert A. Heinlein, “specialization is for insects.” WSDIA has dabbled in everything, including branding, spatial, environmental, interactive, and print projects. They’ve collaborated with Nike, The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Spotify, Samsung, and ESPN. "I think it's human nature that people want to put a title on you or put you in a box in a certain way. We are constantly trying to fight that. Constantly trying to hold a mirror to ourselves and see how the world sees us and try to combat that." In this episode, you will learn the power of not having a self-limiting mindset, and how important it is to have diverse voices in the room when creating design and culture. Follow @OvershareTalks on Instagram. SHOW NOTES: Jonathan Jackson Instagram WeShouldDoItAll ( website / Instagram ) Usher's "U Don’t Have to Call" music video Sol Lewitt “Structures” Michael Sorkin ( Wiki / Sorkin Studio ) Archea Frank Lloyd Wright Le Corbusier Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Adrien Menard WSDIA's first hire Former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder Kendrick’s Control verse Men of Change, The Smithsonian traveling exhibition The National Museum of African American History & Culture Scope of Work ( website / Instagram ) Ralph Appelbaum Associates Studio Lin PLAYLAB, INC. OK-RM London OMA Herzog & De Meuron Peterson Rich Office So-iL
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Jonathan Jackson is the co-founder and partner at WeShouldDoItAll, which he started with his wife Sarah Nelson Jackson. The name is born out of a simple intention, that designers should not be confined to a singular expertise. In the words of Robert A. Heinlein, “specialization is for insects.” WSDIA has dabbled in everything, including branding, spatial, environmental, interactive, and print projects. They’ve collaborated with Nike, The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Spotify, Samsung, and ESPN. "I think it's human nature that people want to put a title on you or put you in a box in a certain way. We are constantly trying to fight that. Constantly trying to hold a mirror to ourselves and see how the world sees us and try to combat that." In this episode, you will learn the power of not having a self-limiting mindset, and how important it is to have diverse voices in the room when creating design and culture.
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