I use sketching to help get ideas into visualizations. Getting thoughts onto paper, but personally, it’s always an effort to try and get a thought out of my head, so that we can work it out and test it to see if it’s got legs.

In this particular case, I’ve been watching as photos are being released of the last climbing gym I designed while working full-time at Brooklyn Boulders, in collaboration with Vertical Solutions, and Stack+Co. The response seems to be quite positive, and it seems like a good moment to discuss some of the underlying thoughts that led to the final product that you see today.