Curry Hackett is a transdisciplinary designer, public artist, and educator. His practice, Wayside Studio is formerly based in Washington, DC, and currently operates out of Knoxville, TN collaborates with communities and organizations to engage matters pertaining to culture, infrastructure, ecology, and the public realm.
Noteworthy work includes the Howard Theatre Walk of Fame, the DC High Water Mark system, the DC Clean Rivers Project, and his ongoing research project Drylongso, which explores the relationship between Blackness, food, plants, and land.
He has lectured at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Carleton University, Howard University, Fashion Institute of Technology, and Maryland College Institute of Art.
Currently, Hackett is an adjunct architecture professor at University of Tennessee after spending several years teaching at his alma mater, Howard University, Yale, and Carleton Universities in Spring 2021 in partnership with the anti-racist design justice school, Dark Matter University.
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Leaning Into the Mundane (ft. Lütjens Padmanabhan) | Ep. 221
A New Model for Design Studios (ft. UnderConsideration, LLC.) | Ep. 220
When the Message is Beyond the Medium (ft. Robert Newman) | Ep. 219
All We Have are 5 Seconds | Ep. 217
How to Make & Keep Promises in Your Creative Life | Ep. 216
A Conversation with No-Plans (ft. Daniel Baer) | Ep. 215
The Delusion of Passion | Ep. 214
How to Create a World for Others (ft. Bodega Ltd.) | Ep. 213
How to Use Your Pain for Good | Ep. 212
30 Minutes to Change Your Life | Ep. 211
How to Find Joy in Learning (ft. John Maeda) | Ep. 210
Where Will You Be in 5 Years? | Ep. 209
Skills v. Attributes | Ep. 208
Dreams, Realities, and In-Betweens (ft. Andy Pressman) | Ep. 207
Introducing the "Learning to Live" Lecture Series | Ep. 206
Misery Loves Company | Ep. 205
How to Free Yourself from the Game | Ep. 204
Like Making T-Shirts from Wood (ft. James "RONG" Williams III) | Ep. 203
How to Learn from Things You Hate | Ep. 202
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