Joe Doucet
Website: http://joedoucet.com/
Instagram: @joedoucet_
Twitter: @joedoucet
“Joe Doucet is the living blueprint for the 21stCentury designer.” – Forbes.
A designer, entrepreneur, inventor and creative director, Joe Doucet is one of the most sought-after creative talents working in America today. After graduating from the Art Center College of Design, Doucet quickly began exporting his vision into product, furniture, environment, and technology to find solutions for daily and societal challenges through design. His work deftly hybridizes function and visual appeal while conveying layers of meaning and message. Doucet believes that design and, more importantly, a designer’s thought process can play a larger role in innovation and problem solving, as well as aesthetics. He currently holds numerous patents for his designs and inventions. Doucet’s work has been exhibited globally, including the London Design Museum and the Biennale International Design in Saint-Etienne. He has received numerous international awards, including a World Technology Award for Design Innovation and multiple Good Design Awards. He was also named the only ever AvantGuardian for Design by Surface Magazine. Doucet was named the 2017 Winner of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award as Product Designer—the highest honor in his field. He is also Designer of the Year 2019 finalist by Dezeen, and a recipient of Fast Company’s Most Important Design Companies of 2019. Doucet is based in Brooklyn, New York.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?: Toes in the sand surrounded by my family.
What is your greatest extravagance?: Working only 20 hours a week.
What is your current state of mind?: Calm
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?: Patience
Which talent would you most like to have?: Singing well
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?: Staying better in touch with people I care about.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?: Designing a life that I enjoy living.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?: A tree comes to mind. I have no idea why.
What is your most treasured possession?: I'm not really attached to anything I own.
What is your favorite occupation?: Mine
What is your most marked characteristic?: Curiosity
What do you most value in your friends?: Stimulating conversation
Who are your favorite writers?: Murakami, De Botton, Bulgakov
Which historical figure do you most identify with?: DaVinci
What is it that you most dislike?: Negativity
What is your motto?: Everything Communicates