David is an architect, entrepreneur, publisher, journalist, and educator. He is the co-founder and president of Mouse Books.



David has a background in ecologically and socially equitable design, having trained under Pliny Fisk III at the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems in Austin, Texas. He has held leadership positions on three university teams in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition. This foundation in applied research has allowed him to contribute at a high level, both professionally and academically, to projects on the cutting edge of environmental sustainability and public interest design.



David’s approach to life is part entrepreneur and part journalist. He maintains an ongoing commitment to design theory and regularly publishes essays and interviews. Recent topics include Anticipatory Design, World Population and Human Values, Spaces of Hyper-Creativity, and Leadership and Creativity. He has been honored as an Emerging Leader by the Design Futures Council and has been certified as an EVOKE Agent by the World Bank Institute.



David lives in Chicago with his wife, Rachel, and two young daughters, Frieda and Rose.