{"id":2706,"date":"2023-06-02T13:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T13:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:00:51","slug":"into-the-mind-of-designer-founder-joe-doucet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/into-the-mind-of-designer-founder-joe-doucet","title":{"rendered":"Into the mind of Joe Doucet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video interviewee-picture\"><video autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/frame1-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"article-beginning\">Joe Doucet's design studio, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/joedoucet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Doucet &amp; Partners<\/a>, creates through a lens of sustainability and innovation, aiming to \"transform objects into obsessions, products into paragons &amp; businesses into brands.\" The studio's intentionality \u2013 its obvious belief that every idea or product should be beautiful and meaningful \u2013 could not resonate with us more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we ask Doucet what's been on his mind lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What\u2019s the best compliment you received recently?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was carded buying beer. I\u2019m certain it was just store policy, but I chose to take it as a compliment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What\u2019s the last thing you read?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just finished reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kafka-Shore-Haruki-Murakami\/dp\/0099458322\/ref=asc_df_0099458322\/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=316997250445&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=17081248065855046706&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9004352&amp;hvtargid=pla-448425242555&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=&amp;ref=&amp;adgrpid=63441478952&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvadid=316997250445&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=17081248065855046706&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9004352&amp;hvtargid=pla-448425242555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cKafka on the Shore\u201d by Haruki Murakami<\/a>. It's one of those journeys you take in reading where you have absolutely no idea what the next page will bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Click the + button in your browser while viewing the page to save it to your mind as a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What book do you want to read next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dyslexia is a challenge I face when it come to reading, however, I love books. Audible is my savior on a daily basis. It allows me to read a dozen books a month. Next up on my list is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Audible-12-Notes-Life-Creativity\/dp\/B09S1DRGSM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201c12 Notes\u201d by Quincy Jones.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">A quote that\u2019s meaningful to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-custom_2ckfb3b91\">\u201cInspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.\u201d \u2015 Chuck Close<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Highlight the text, quotation marks included, to save it to your mind as a quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">Best gift you\u2019ve ever given?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from my family, the most precious thing to me to either give or receive is time and thoughtfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">Where do you want to travel to next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m fortunate in that my work has taken me most places I\u2019d like to go. Holidays have taken care of the rest. I would, however, love to spend some time in Africa. As a human I get a sense it must be like going home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What would you buy, if money weren\u2019t an issue?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d build a house on a beach, exactly the way I would like it to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What hobby would you take up, if you had the time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ky\u016bd\u014d. Japanese archery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">What is the funniest thing you\u2019ve seen lately?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My sense of humor appreciates the absurd and inappropriate. Humor is the last refuge of freedom. I can\u2019t point to something specific, but likely it would offend a significant percentage of readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">One good recipe we should make?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I make my own chocolate. So easy and tasty:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>50% Cacao Butter. 30% Cacao Powder and 20% Pure Cane Sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">If you could build an extension of your own mind, what would it look like? How would it work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My mind is somewhat chaotic. I can only bring order by deep focus on my work. An extension would be of little use, I\u2019m afraid. A few more hours in the day would be quite helpful, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2698<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Doucet&#8217;s design studio, Joe Doucet &amp; Partners, creates through a lens of sustainability and innovation, aiming to &#8220;transform objects into obsessions, products into paragons &amp; businesses into brands.&#8221; The studio&#8217;s intentionality \u2013 its obvious belief that every idea or product should be beautiful and meaningful \u2013 could not resonate with us more. 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