How Might We Foster The Creative Class?

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How Do We Capture The Spirit Of The Community?

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How Can We Create Meaningful Experiences That Embrace Both Traditional And Creative Ideas?

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How Might We Foster Positive Learning Experiences?

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How Do We Create A Family Destination?

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How Can We Ignite Innovation And Entrepreneurship?

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Celebrate 10 years of MSS at PLA

Listen To Margaret Speaking About Powering Community Transformations through Design!

MSS recently celebrated with the State of Delaware, New Castle County, and the City of Wilmington the construstction of the North Wilmington Public Library . This first- of-its-kind campus-wide approach to contemporary Librarianship is possible because of vibrant visionaries like Wilmington Institute Free Library Director Jamar Rahming, Dr. Annie Norman of the Delaware Division of Libraries,Deputy Secretary of State Kristopher Knight, and Senator Darius Brown. Continue the celebration with us and check out the highlights! Watch the North Wilmington Block Party and Sign Beam Celebration video here!

MSS is Thrilled to Announce That Our Reynoldsburg Teen Space Is Featured in Library Journal’s Social Spaces | Year in Architecture 2024

MSS Goes Beyond Passive Design In Our Cultural Institutions

MSS has been involved with The Bronx Community Relief Effort. Several MSS team members supported a community distribution event for those impacted by the pandemic. Learn more about our efforts here.

Our goal is to provide tools to envision and design environments that advance communities! Check out our document.

2023 Library Design Showcase

Ives Main Library of the New Haven Free Public Library has been chosen as one of Library Journals’s New Landmark Libraries of 2019! Keep your eyes peeled for the December 2019 issue for the full feature.

How might we design a space that blends golf with STEM? Learn more in our program document we created for the Bridge Golf Foundation.

Explore the toolkit we co-created with Richland Library over at Design Thinking for Libraries. You can also find a few zines we made to illustrate our process.