Dan Phillips
Dan Phillips
Dan Phillips is an American designer and builder from Texas. He is the founder and face of Phoenix Commotion, a construction company established in 1997. Phoenix Commotion focuses on designing Eco-friendly homes for low-income individuals and families such as struggling artists and single mothers. The company’s goals include reducing landfill burdens through the use of excess and recyclable materials; providing low-income housing through selection of cheap materials and labor; and allowing opportunities for the unemployed by training unskilled workers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDesigner
CountryUnited States of America
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I just like to compete. Cross country is a lot of fun.
People learn from each other, ... You hear students all the time comparing their experiences in India, Amsterdam and Spain . It opens people's eyes to the world and fosters conversation and dialogue.
I was kind of joking around with it. I was saying, 'We should be intense runners and shave our legs.' We thought it would be funny. I was the first one to take a swipe.
Repetition creates pattern. If I have a hundred of these, a hundred of those, it doesn't make any difference what these and those are. If I can repeat anything, I have the possibility of a pattern from hickory nuts and chicken eggs, shards of glass, branches. It doesn't make any difference.
It doesn't matter if you don't have a complete set of anything because repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern.
You can put someone in a new home, but you can't give them a new mindset.
People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.
I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you have to walk out with a dance. You improvise.