Doctor of Design DEFENSE

I have been singularly silent… for I am defending my Doctor of Design thesis May 15, 2006 :) Be there, in person or remotely by clicking here: http://sorcerer.design.harvard.edu/live.sdp

A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S … hyperlinked!

Antoine Picon, my thesis advisor and mentor for his support throughout! Edith Ackermann, mentor and friend, who has been strongly encouraging me since my Master of Science in Architecture Studies at MIT. Kostas Terzidis for his inspiring and candid opinions; and Karen Stephenson for letting me observe the neo-nomad she is | Thank you strangers and “familiar strangers” for your involuntary testimonies | Thank you to Karen Stephenson, Kenzo Yoneno, Mikael Powel, Mikel Murga, Robin Chase, Pierre-Loic Assayag, and Sue Zielinsky for your interviews | Jeffrey Huang for being part of my thesis committee for a year and a half, Hashim Sarkis for your support throughout, the Teaching Fellowship and for introducing me to Zombie Categories, and Muriel Waldvogel for lending me your books of George Perec and Michel de Certeau; Michael Hays and Elysse Newman for the inspiring Teaching Fellowship | François Ascher, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Sophie Calle, whom I wish I had met | Adam Greenfield, Ava Fatah gen. Schieck, Bruno Marzloff, Daniel Kaplan, Eric Paulos from Urban Atmosphere, John Urry, Nigel Thrift, Yoshito Tobe for facilitating my travel to Tokyo, William J. Mitchell, all of whom I have met and with whom I’ve debated; Nicolas Nova, Gernot Grabher, Laura Forlano | CiNum organizers, La FING, INVIVIA , La Ville En Mouvement, FRAC Centre | Merci Jérôme for the blog real estate: http://neo-nomad.kaywa.com proved to be an essential research tool | Merci Michèle, Ghazi, Rayane Abbas, Resline and Eric Brousier, Marie-Louise Schoenauer, my family; Sanaa, my friend for 16 years, toujours présente since + Erik; Hassan and Mehdi, my friends for 20 years; Erico, sweet Eva, Ivan, Jan, Jeng, Jie-Eun, Luis, Naree, Neyran, Stephanie and Stephen for their respect and support; Adriana for being a beautiful roommate; Julia, Thomas Watkin (and the BAC teaching ;) Valerie C. of Anomos; Cati, David C. + Becca; my MIT friends Franco, Miranda + Oliver, Peter… especially for the Irish say: “It is a blessing in disguise”, and Saeed; the Party Organizers of 12 Lawrence Street; the Alsatians in Cambridge, MA; Kostis for the incredible conversations on mobility and the dreams that will come true! Scott and Carlos for your appeasing presence | Thank you Leighton for the precious help correcting my franglish ;) | Thanks to Barbara, swift like an Elf dealing with administrative hassles; to my friends at the HGSD and the DDes folks for the incredible memories, the Beer and Dogs, the gatherings… and the DDes revolution that went forth! Go DDes!