Kevin Scott

Oct 15, 2024 | znetwork.org | Kevin Scott

Kevin Scott is a former prisoner and the programme director for Community Spring, a non-profit organisation in Gainesville, Florida. We caught up with Kevin at the 22nd Basic Income Guarantee Conference in San Francisco, California to discuss Just Income, their project providing a guaranteed income to recently released prisoners. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: What does a guaranteed income look like for recently released prisoners?

May 8, 2024 | portraitmagazine.com | Donna Pizzi |Kevin Scott

From the moment you set foot in this modern Union Bay home created by architects Stuart Silk and Amanda Cavassa, partners of Silk Cavassa Marchetti Architecture & Interiors, you are struck by the design and engineering feat of its central staircase. “Stunning are the sleek, dramatic dark wood railings and stone steps that rise like a solid ribbon ascending through the floors,” says Silk. What began as something with asymmetrical curves, adds Cavassa, quickly became an engineering challenge.

Mar 29, 2024 | architecturaldigest.com | Sam Cochran |Kevin Scott

The constraints of a Brooklyn town house renovation might, at first glance, seem rigid and prescriptive—stacked floors, each long and narrow, bound by four exterior walls, the front one often landmarked. Inside, the primary challenge is universal: how to best bring light into that interior core. But as the architecture firm Leroy Street Studio was recently reminded, the idiosyncrasies of this classic building type can be as varied and compelling as its inhabitants.

Nov 13, 2023 | portraitmagazine.com | Melissa Dalton |Kevin Scott

If you ask Dan Valente where he wants to be, he’ll probably say by the water. “I grew up on Long Island in New York,” says Valente. “I have salt water in my veins.” When a friend offered to sell him a house in West Seattle on the Puget Sound—and one with 72 feet of private sandy shoreline—Valente was in. Naturally, they celebrated the sale with wine on the beach.

Oct 27, 2023 | fjbookclub.substack.com | Kevin Scott |Francisco Gonzalez |Francisco González

Fearless Journeys is in the middle of our trip to Medellin, Colombia and it has been spectacular! Reading is something that we can still do while we travel, right? That’s how I like to “kill time” when “boredom” kicks in on planes, in airports, etc. And apps like Audible make it even easier when you just want something educational to listen to.