Ryan Robert Mitchell Betts

BIRTHDAY

July 4th, 1982

PLACE OF BIRTH

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

4th Year BSc Interaction Design, SIAT / SFU.

WHAT I LEARNED

• You shouldn't just walk to get tired.
• It's okay to just walk.
• The only thing better than passion is patience.
• There is no perfect solution, but there are provocative questions.

CAREER GOALS & INTERESTS

My long term goal is to get an Interaction Design position in a company attracted to taking on challenging p roblems and finding sustainable, practical, or innovative solutions to them. Until I find that company, I'm going to explore the world and pursue my interests in drumming and all things percussive.

FAVORITE MOMENTS

• Early morning at the Tempietto.
• Nadir's stories and Alberto's sandwiches.
• Parading through the streets of Florence with the Hungry Marching Band and their Florentine friends.
• Soccer at Camp Tiber.

FAVORITE QUOTES

• “Today, there is a big question of quality, but also of invisible quality. Something more spiritual and poetic. And that theme, in not a lot of time, will be going in the market. Because there is no offer, but there is a lot of asking for a lot of things of that invisible quality. Our cities are full of visible signs of those kind of things. But, there are no elements of big quality — right now, we don't have them.
  ...
  That's why I think that the 21st century will be very original, but also very stimulating. Also, because we are trying to make a fusion between the natural energy and what we are trying to bring. So, that kind of energy that will make a big change, but without shocking society. I mean, the moon that every night brings up the oceans of the world without making any kind of sound. That's why I think that the 21st century will be a time where the energy we are talking about will take the place of the old one, and will also give something new to the quality of man.”
  –Andrea Branzi
• “Would you a like to rubba my belly?”
• “Dove sono I miei pantoloni?”