FLOX Lab: Designing for Abundant Communities with Marianna Martinelli
As the pandemic ebbed in New York City in June 2021 and around the U.S, we were sitting in an abundance precipice -- the return to normal was perilously close. But what about a new normal - an abnormal future? We had a conversation with Marianna Martinelli, Community Consultant and former Director of Community at The Wing, about designing for abundant communities.
Marianna Martinelli is a community builder and strategist. Her superpower is architecting the connective element of magic for communities through human-focused, high-touch experiential design.
Before starting her own community building consultancy, she was the first employee and founding Director of Community at The Wing. Prior to that, Marianna built membership and community programs for Knotel and Neuehouse. She also produced two independent films that no one will ever see, sold handbags at Neiman Marcus and Kate Spade and was fired from an admin job at a law firm.
Marianna lives in Brooklyn with her woodworking husband, headstrong toddler and chunky dog. In her “spare time,” she organizes to provide essential diapering needs to moms in Brooklyn, makes zines and reads about astrology.