2024-05-18T05:32:28-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150241704/moody-nolan-ceo-jonathan-moody-delivers-hopeful-ted-talk-on-the-power-of-design Sean Joyner 2020-12-16T11:08:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1b/1b1b41aa2ca26d5a428a66d8a1927dcd.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/moodynolan" target="_blank">Moody Nolan</a> CEO Jonathan Moody, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP, delivered a hopeful TED Talk at a TEDxKingLincolnBronzeville event back in October. Moody begins the talk with a confession &mdash; that designers have failed citizens in the community and that designers have been complicit in allowing systemic challenges to be introduced in underrepresented communities.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/75/75325c8bc6c4141d857ec868b4c052ea.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/75/75325c8bc6c4141d857ec868b4c052ea.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Previously published on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150182743/a-conversation-with-curtis-moody-faia-on-what-it-means-to-help-shape-a-future-for-black-architects" target="_blank">A Conversation with Curtis Moody, FAIA on What It Means to Help Shape a Future for Black Architects</a><br></figcaption></figure></figure><p>Moody uses the design of the Martin Luther King Branch Library of the Columbus Metropolitan Library as a backdrop for his case that design is a vehicle for hope and a tool for protest. Citing Dr. Martin Luther Kinf Jr., the architect argues that buildings should be places where people can connect to resources to build a better future. Spaces with public internet access, affordable childcare, and education, are some of the examples Moody presents.&nbsp;</p> <p>Check out the full talk below.</p> <p><br></p>