John Van Dyke is a designer, architect, and storyteller and author of a new book "BOOM! It's a Big Country for an Old Man." He has spent seven years traveling across the country, filming and recording conversations with over 130 people in 34 states. He is the founder and creative director of An American Mosaic, a project that inspired his book "BOOM!" The book explores the shared experiences, dreams, and values that unite Americans, transcending the perceived differences that often divide us. @johnvandyke.com
BOOK
BOOM! A Big Country for an Old Man. Available independent booksellers, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
ARCHITECTURE
Designing what we see.
Nature first, then light, then design a building that plays with both, then take a photo of what happens.
Shadows from a tree draw on the sculpture of the building creating a pattern.
The design is constantly in motion moving with the sun.
Nature, design, architecture, creating a sense of place and reason for being.
Designing the house with the land and the light. ARCHITECTURAL RECORD HOUSE OF THE MONTH 2016
CONVERSATIONS
On the road, talking with a gallery owner in Aspen Colorado, an immigrant from Argentina.
A road trip in West Texas. A video conversation in Alpine Texas for An American Mosaic.
"Not all those who wander are lost", Tolkien
Looking, Seeing, Listening, Recording... it is what I do.
John Van Dyke
On the road in Quartzsite Arizona. A meet up of RV nomads in the desert.
Traveling in Arizona talking with older Americans that travel in RVs, for An American Mosaic.
A PODCAST OF CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERYDAY AMERICANS, WHO WE ARE
Traveling the country discovering who we are. Stories about us in a rapidly changing America. One that has been changing and shifting as we have gone about our lives. No single story, or single person, or single location, or idea defines us. Our lives, our communities and cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories.
Di-a-logue, Issue No.1 from An American Mosaic
I am traveling around the country having. conversations, photographing people and places for An American Mosaic. This is Venice CA.
Photographing the places as well as the people. Portsmouth New Hampshire… a New England postcard.
An American Mosaic taking a look at the American People today.