When we go on short trips we often know exactly what we expect at the end, but when it comes to our lives and careers we’ve seen far too often we shy away from really thinking through where we expect to be at the end and what we hope our legacy will be. So, we wanted to encourage conversations on the topic of legacy and you’ll find highlights from our conversation from some wonderful members of the business and creative community below.

Cynthia Giannini

Like I tell my children and my former students, follow your heart, believe in your dreams, try your best and trust the process. I would like to be remembered for shining love, gratitude, authenticity and integrity into all that I do and to those I hold dear. Read more>>

Aaron + Allison Gibbs

At Gibbs House Design, we thoughtfully hand-craft fine bed-swings with one legacy in mind: Amidst a wildly busy and increasingly anxious culture, we aim to provide beautiful pockets of rest and sanctuary for individuals and families seeking respite. We dream of providing a piece of the solution, a place to disconnect from life’s stressors and reconnect with those they love most. Of course we hope for a lucrative business! We absolutely strive to meet market trends, to provide the most quality product possible, and to curate a luxury experience for each and every client. However, all of these aims bow to the supreme goal, which was the impetus and is the continual motivation for our labor. If the world remembers us for nothing else, we hope they remember the way our swings made them feel. We hope that the detail of our craftsmanship inspires creativity and the quality of our product makes others’ lives feel a bit richer. We hope that the movement, back and forth, reminds them of a slower time, of their grandparents front porch, of being rocked as children….Free. Relaxed. Connected. These are the things that matter in life. This is what matters to us.  Read more>>

Ana Colon

All that I’m trying to do during my lifetime is leave the world a better place than how I found it. After studying architecture in college, I realized how connected the built environment is to our physical and mental health, and how many architects and designers are not designing for humans. Being a Mexican-Puerto Rican queer woman, there were not many people like me in these spaces, because they’re intentionally hard to access. There is so much power in knowledge. And there is so much power in experience. Everybody has experience in something, and nobody can take that away from you.  A long-term goal is to help our communities find their power and to facilitate healing within ourselves in order to access paths that we didn’t even know existed or were possible. I also want to help provide training/education on architecture/design and connecting back with the land, in order to bring us back to who we are as humans, and start designing actually for humans. Read more>>