IN-DEPTH: Architecting a Deep Life (w/ David Dewane)

I'm Cal Newport and this is In Depth, a semi-regular series in which I talk to interesting people about the quest to cultivate a deep life. I'm excited about today's guest. It's my longtime friend David Duane. Now, if you've read Deep Work, you might recognize this name. David, who is an architect.

is featured in that book for his idea of what he called the Eudaimodia machine, a design for a theoretical office that maximizes deep work over distraction. So after my book came out, this idea, this design of the Eudaimodia machine became a bit of a sensation. As David talks about in our interview, he got a lot of press about it. Eventually someone even built a version of his Eudaimonia machine so it had a life of its own. Since then, David has gone on to make these type of buildings a reality.

He works with a cutting-edge firm that tries to design the offices of the future for knowledge work. So keep it in mind not just the physical spaces, but how they interact with how people think and distractions. Probably one of the most creative thinkers out there about the interaction of space and the ability to do things with your mind. So we talk about this in my interview. We get into it, the this sort of interaction between offices and spaces from a massive office to how you design your home office.

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