5.2020
Tishman Environment & Design Center, Interview with Beau Bree Rhee
https://www.tishmancenter.org/blog/an-interview-with-beau-bree-rhee

“In an art & design school, we (myself included) are tactile creatures that are interested in being seduced by beautiful and wonderful materials. Materials have been a way for me in Sustainable Systems to tap into that innate curiosity and generate a deep wonder towards our natural world. This is the first step towards generating a real personal connection with the students to the aims of the course Sustainable Systems. That is home base: reverence & wonder for our natural world. There’s so much doom & gloom and information around climate change these days; it’s easy for people to feel overwhelmed and shut down. But I think once you have awe, you’re able to work through the darkness.

It places design & art in the realm of what I call “mini utopia making” which sounds rainbow-eyed but it’s really important. We need vision, now more than ever. This kind of moral ambition can’t really be taught without wonder and awe. You need to love what you want to protect.”