I'm a scientist

I'm a scientist so I'm always curious about the world around me. I enjoy this strange version of window shopping that ThisNext provides.

Influenced by my family who likes modern design, I grew up knowing the work of Noguchi, Eames, Marimekko, and so on. I've lived for short periods of time in England, France, and Japan. I read incessantly and too many of the walls in my apartment are taken up by bookshelves.

I am by no means an expert in anything other than my science.

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Dec 13, 2006

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What is the next…

Purchase you’ll make?

Just one more bookcase. I promise I won't fill it up instantaneously.

Trend in design?

Women's shoes that look good, actually fit and don't give you blisters or leg cramps.

Car you’d like to own?

I love my own two feet and the subway ain't half bad.

Big step you’d like to make?

A place for everything and everything in its place. Organization is the goal.

Fad that will fade?

Please, for the love of Mike, let the '80's fade away. The popped collars, the coke, the douchebags. The posturing punks. The puffy sleeves. The leg warmers. The wide belts over sweaters.

Vacation you’ll take?

I want to go someplace where I don't speak the language. Where people take long walks.

Thing you’re going to fight for?

Cake. or maybe cookies.

Secret that’s going to leak?

I think it is time for a big celebrity chef scandal. Rachael Ray caught nude, covered in puff pastry with Gordon Ramsey. Martha Stewart in a love triangle with Alton Brown and Bobby Flay - definitely something involving trapeze and organic produce from Washington State.

Hollywood blockbuster going to be about?

A modern version of one of those hugely cheerful Depression era films - lollipops and technicolour. Dance numbers with fruit headdresses and feathers. Maybe some kicky pyrotechnics.

Life you’ll lead?

Mad scientist

Fountain of youth?

Good apples directly from an orchard. Finger paints. Squirt gun fights in the summer. Running through a sprinkler. Plunging your hands into a giant bag of rice or lentils. Bubblewrap. Skipping. Watching fireflies in the hedges.

Book you’ll read?

A lot of escapist literature: travel books, magical realism, worlds of other people's obsessions.

Thing that will change the world?

New anti-malaria and tuberculosis drugs. Enzymes replacing chemical syntheses using heavy metals and other unpleasant chemicals. Bacterially synthesized solar arrays. A better genetic understanding of diseases. Governmental support of the sciences without political spin.

Guilty-pleasure food in which you’ll indulge?

Cookies. It is always the cookies.

Motto you'll live by?

When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Place you'll be when your are not on ThisNext ...

Lab.

Music you'll listen to?

iPod on shuffle.

Celebrity you'll emulate?

Anti-celebrity.

Team you’ll cheer for?

How about that local sports team?