What Would Everything Be Without Everything Else presents a fascinating tour through the thought process of a renowned and acclaimed contemporary designer, Matt Olson. By sharing the excitement and energy contained in knowledge and celebrating the living aspects of encounters with the past, a map like none other emerges. While history typically shows one action influencing the next, Olson's modes of thinking are anything but linear, and What Would Everything Be Without Everything Else provides a constellation of the references Olson routinely pulls from.