WHY WE LET PEOPLE MOVE

MOST EDUCATION EVENTS ASK YOU TO SIT DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION.

WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IF WE LET PEOPLE MOVE.

AT HAIR POP, THERE’S NO STAGE AND NO ASSIGNED SEAT. MULTIPLE STYLISTS ARE WORKING AT ONCE, PEOPLE WANDER FROM BOOTH TO BOOTH, CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF DEMONSTRATIONS, SOMETIMES YOU STAY FOR TEN MINUTES, AND SOME TIMES YOU STAY FOR THE WHOLE ROUND.

BEING ABLE TO “CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE” WASN’T ACCIDENTAL.

WE THINK THERE’S SOMETHING VALUABLE ABOUT CHOOSING WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE, GETTING CLOSE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY WATCH SOMEONE’S HANDS, ASKING A QUESTION WHEN YOU HAVE IT, AND MOVING ON WHEN YOU WANT TO.

NOT EVERY PART OF LEARNING NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE SAME PLACE, AT THE SAME TIME, IN THE SAME WAY.

THE ROOM IS PART OF THE EDUCATION.

AND THAT’S SOMETHING WE WANT TO KEEP EXPLORING.

-SHANNON