Working with your hands is good for your soul. Craft and design have much more in common than you may first suspect. Creativity comes in many forms.

We explored these ideas and more, in our ACC Library Salon Series event on April 11 with AIGA Minnesota. Check out what each of our panelists have to say about their studio practice, how they got started, and what craft means to them as designer and AIGA member Brent Stickels intrepidly moderated a panel of designers who also maintain a handmade studio practice. We heard from Sharon Werner of Werner Design Werks, Teri Kwant, experience designer at RSP Architects, independent designer Lynn Tanaka, and studio jeweler Jennifer Merchant.