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jon

Jonathan (Jon) Swift is an artist, musician and designer living in Malibu California. Having studied design and building from childhood Jon worked as a carpenter, cabinetmaker and builder for over 25 years under the name Jon Swift Design and Construction Inc. before becoming a full-time designer. Also committed to peace and social justice, beginning with "Right Sharing of World Resources" as a teenager and now with "The Prem Rawat Foundation", Jon works to contribute to a sustainable world that values all people.

He is currently focused on environmentally friendly organic design using alternative building and energy systems with renewable healthy materials. Especially exciting is the idea of low cost modular housing to respond to the urgent need for shelter in many parts of the world. As each individual art form contributes to other art forms so we too are a contribution and interdependent with one another and our environment. Design is based on people, how they work, play, move and rest.

"Organic" design is;

inspired by nature, sustainable, healthy, conserving, and diverse
unfolds like an organism from the seed within
exists in the continuous present and begins again and again
is flowing, flexible and adaptable
satisfies social, physical, and spiritual needs
grows uniquely from the site
celebrates the spirit of youth, play and surprise
express the rhythm of music and the power of dance

l'élégant système naturel;

be in the present what one wants to be in the future
the intended result is reflected in the process
every moment is a part of continuous creation

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Jon (at) jam-inn.net

Malibu Ca.
818-324-9208

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Partial Client List:

AC2P-me.org; Web Design

AIE Design Studio - Thousand Oaks; Interior Design Collaboration

Algers International – Culver City; Lighting Fixture Design

Blake Foreman – Simi Valley; Residential Remodel

Bruce Malinowski, Landscape Architect – Agoura; Site Development

Cary Gepner Architect – Calabasas; Site and Residential Design

Cascade Lighting - Santa Monica; Lighting Fixture Design

Dan Lewis - Malibu; Web Design

Fred Dean Architect – Newbury Park; Commercial and Residential Design

Hal & Gerri Knilans – Thousand Oaks; Residential Remodel

Jim Clearwater – Thousand Oaks; Residential Remodel

Lifestyle Interior Design - Thousand Oaks; Residential Remodel

Malibu Music – Maui, Hawaii; Logo Design

Michael Loper Design Studio - Talent, Oregon; Architectural and Lighting Design Collaboration

NYX, Sleep Disorders Center – Thousand Oaks; Commercial Remodel

Paola Stroppiana Interior Design – Malibu; 3D Rendering

Pacific Rim Printers – Santa Monica; Commercial Remodel

Larry & Lynn Doose – Thousand Oaks; Residential Remodel

Schmidt and Associates - Malibu; Site Development

Superior Real Estate, Inc. - Agoura; Site Development

Valarien Productions – Pacific Palisades; Web Design

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Resources:

The Design Process

Ecohouse - A design manual

e2 design documentaries

Vaastu Shastra

Building Green

CSI Green Format

List of Decision-Making Tools from the U.S. Department of Energy

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)

California Clean Power Estimator

Miscellaneous:

Irrigating the Sahara

The Fisherman and the Banker

Poetry

"Be the change you want to see in the world." - Gandhi