Moderated by Novella Forde and featuring acclaimed interior designer and BAD Guild member Everick Brown, and California Home and Design Editorial Director Lindsey Shook, Designing the Future is an exploration of future-leaning cultural and design practices. The makers and thinkers gathered will share their expert perspectives on technologies ancient and new and the ways in which they may become foundations for sustainable ways of living.

Everick Brown is an interior designer with clients throughout the United States. His interiors are self described as, “modern classic with a global perspective”. Inspired by his travels throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Everick's work offers an intriguing mix of fashion, design and style. He is married, has two children and is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Novella Ford is a cultural producer. She connects diverse audiences to the archives and engages history through dialogue, performance, literature, and visual arts. She currently serves as the Associate Director of Public Programs and Exhibitions at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research division of The New York Public Library.

Lindsey Shook is a global content and brand strategist who serves as the editorial and brand director of California Home+Design media company. Splitting her time between Miami and San Francisco, Lindsey has worked with a multitude of companies to generate meaningful stories and experiences that helped expand their global reach. In her spare time, she is an activist in support of select organizations that focus on empowerment and social justice as well as Democratic campaigns.