ABOUT THIS AUTHOR

Jake Barton is Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Local Projects, an experience design firm that creates groundbreaking museums and public spaces. Credits include landmark projects like the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Greenwood Rising Black Wall Street History Center, The Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, StoryCorps and Planet Word, the Museum of Language Arts. Local Projects has won every major award, including the National Design Award, Cannes Lions; Jake’s TED Talk has over one million views and he is on Fast Company Magazine’s list of top fifty designers.  Jake is currently launching a new firm that will develop experiences to catalyze action around the climate crisis.