Upgrade Yourself streamed live to New York to meet with the inspiring Mirelle Q. Phillips, Founder & CEO of Studio Elsewhere, who represented the New York City Pavilion at London Design Biennale 2021 at Somerset House.
In this inspirational 60-min talk, Mirelle talked openly with Future Producer Host Cherece Lucina about the journey she took founding her own company, which uses design and emerging tech to develop innovative environments that support brain health. Studio Elsewhere are influencing in their sector, helping to reshape and co-create a new model for how a supportive workspace can fuel imagination and produce equitable change. Mirelle positions herself centrally within her team, orchestrating a safe and sustainable space to connect the group formed of designers, technologists, scientists & artists who reimagine the experience of health, wellness, and care.
Mirelle’s tips:
- Be a deep listener, listen closely.
- Allow for rigorous exploration and consider deep wonder always asking, ‘what’s unknown?’
- Designers are practical beings, consider the user experience within your design ideas, and work as a collaborator.
- Stay grounded, and ask yourself: ‘What does a good day (for you) look and feel like?’ then avoid and ignore external voices that may cause anxiety or negativity.
- Find strategies to allow for quiet reflection, and rest. Value the time for care and rest, it will do you the world of good.
London Design Biennale is a global gathering of the world’s most ambitious and imaginative designers, curators, and design institutes. Es Devlin is Artistic Director and has chosen Resonance as the theme, which countries, cities, and territories will respond to in their installations and presentations across Somerset House, London.
