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RSA sat down with Principal Marc Shillum for a quick meet and greet to discuss his recent learnings and tidbits that inspires his work. Read a bit below.
What recent bit of news have you heard which inspires you?
Finding the neurological proof that memory is physically manifested in the brain. Understanding the relationships inside the hippocampus has implications for brain disorders, intelligence, and communication.
What did you learn last week?
Industrialization moved the populous to consume rather than make. Consumerism decontextualized consumption, from the lack of resource. Due to the cost of goods, and the ecological crisis. We are facing another industrial revolution, with technology fueling Rapid Prototyping, factories are becoming the size of desktops. This implies that we no longer need to standardize production, and people can make what they need, rather than buy what they want. Consumers, are becoming maker/fixers. Breeding a whole new set of problem solvers, which is good for the world.
Read the full article here.
With four retail locations in the Bay Area, Ritual Coffee Roasters is a frequently visited and majorly beloved company that we hold close to our well-caffeinated hearts.
Naturally, those hearts started racing (no coffee required) when Ritual’s charming owner, Eileen Hassi, invited us over to tour her new roasting location only a few blocks away from Method’s San Francisco office.
Eileen explained Ritual’s history and the challenges the company faces as a result of its unwavering dedication to the freshest, highest quality product. On our tour, we marveled at an amazing mini-roaster made in the 1940s, the innovative ways Ritual ships and stores its beans, and the designated room Eileen’s baristas are currently practicing in for the regional barista competition. We also discussed the various issues facing store owners looking to implement digital tab payment options in their retail locations. Of course, there was some delicious coffee tasting, too. Lucky for us, Eileen hinted that the roasting location might turn into a retail shop eventually. If so, we wouldn’t mind having a little more Ritual in our daily routine.
Last week, students from TEKO Design + Business, Scandinavia’s largest school of design and business, visited the San Francisco studio. Members from the interaction design, visual design, and client services teams presented on their respective disciplines and explained how we work together for various projects. Following the presentation, we had a lively Q&A session and a tour of the office. 
This past November, we joined the Movember efforts and grew facial hair to raise donations for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Thank you to all those who helped us raise over $2,000!
Check out our mustache wizardry in this collection of some of our best Method NY Movember photos. We showed off some hearty facial hair by the end of month along with cameos from some our mustache-spirited females.
Check out more of our Movember photos here.