Joe Connell is a visionary thought leader in the area of design, design process, and engagement. As a Design Principal in the Chicago Interiors discipline, he challenges and inspires teams and clients to rethink the workplace in new and creative ways in both corporate and higher education settings.
As an avid consumer of environmental behavior research, Joe was named to the technical advisory board for InformeDesign, a clearing house for design and environmental behavior research, directed by the University of Minnesota. Joe is a frequent design award and academic juror and has presented at IIDA and IDEC conferences, NeoCon and has won numerous awards including AIA Chicago Citation of Merit for Transora and The Interface Americas Showroom, the "Doc" award for the Monsanto project. Joe has been published in, or contributed to; Architectural Record, Chicago Architect, Interior Design magazine, Contract magazine and Communication Arts. He has co-authored a chapter Managing the Client Relationship in the Handbook of the Professional Practice and wrote a chapter on Design Thinking in The State of the Interior Design Profession.
Joe is an active Adjunct Faculty Advisory Board Member for Southern Illinois University, Department of Interior Design, his alma mater, and is a frequent professional contributor to Columbia College Chicago and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee design and architecture programs. Joe has been with Perkins+Will since 1983.
Joe Connell - Get To Know Joe Joe grew up in an inner city, New Jersey working class family. He went to school in Chicago, Wheaton College and got into construction because his father was a painter. Joe started working with his dad when he was 13 and then decided he wanted to be a painter, so he learned how to be a carpenter.
“Growing up in an inner city in New Jersey it was a rough place, a rough environment, I didn’t get out of New Jersey or really see trees without buildings until I was 13 years old and went to a camp in upstate New York in the Adirondacks and it blew my mind.” -Joe Connell
Early Start of Career While Joe was at camp, it was his first exposure to the natural world. He was the kid that walked around without permission exploring without permission. They were always looking for him, but he always found his way back. The men Joe met at this camp became the most influential people in his life.
“They taught me what it meant to be a person of honor and respect and gave me something bigger to shoot for while at the same time teaching me that the natural world was an extremely valuable place.” - Joe Connell
Making a Career in Sustainability Joe lived in New York City after college working as a carpenter and was frustrated with the trades and the amount of waste. He didn’t really know what to do about that or how to wrap his head around it. Joe then moved to Maine and started working with some contractors who were working in the very early stages of green buildings and were way ahead of the curve. Once they stopped swinging their hammers I went back to school.
“I went back to school and got a degree in Conflict Management Mediation and Facilitation because I’d gotten involved in a couple board of directors locally and wanted to turn to non-profit.” - Joe Connell
Potential of Building Materials Joe got a job while going to school at Habitat for Humanity Restore. He knew construction and building materials but not the sales side of building materials. They were doing about $250,000 in sales that year but Joe knew it had more potential. In the 12 years he was there they increased their employees and went to 4.5 million a year in sales.
“I went to my boss and said we’ve got to change this up or I’m going to go because we’re just nowhere in mapping the potential here.” - Joe Connell
Book Recommendations Essays of E. B. White by E. B. White, Malcolm Hillgartner, et al.
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