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Bruce Mau Shares His Thoughts on Massive Change, Innovation
and Creativity
An Interview With One of
the World's Leading Designers
Q. Your exhibition "Massive Change" just completed
a highly successful showing at the Vancouver Art Gallery
and is currently at the Art Gallery of Ontario. For our
readers who might not be familiar with it, can you give
us a quick summary of what the exhibition is all about?
A. The original project was commissioned by the Vancouver
Art Gallery on the future of design. At the same time we
were asked by George Brown College in Toronto to develop
a program for them that was new and unique - off the educational
grid. We decided to put the two ideas together and that's
how the project was born. We subsequently brought in other
partners - to do a book, and a radio program, and a speaker
series. The exhibition is really about the human capacity
to plan and produce desired outcomes. Rather than the traditional
view of design as being about objects, we decided to look
at it from a citizen's perspective, as a process leading
to outcomes. In our view, the definition of design is not
just the production of objects but is actually the expression
of human capacity. Design is the tool we have always used
to shape the way we live and Massive Change is an exhibition
of both the way we want to live and the tools we are going
to use to get there.
The more we got into it the more we saw a real conflict
between what we saw happening around the world - - this
new, unprecedented period of human possibility, where all
systems and economies are becoming global, relational, and
interconnected, which was a very positive, optimistic story
- and the general mood of the day as reported in the media
- which was very pessimistic.
And then, when we began our research, we came across this
speech by Lester B. Pearson, the former Canadian Prime Minister,
who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957. In this speech Pearson
quotes the British historian Arnold Toynbee, who wrote that
the twentieth century would be remembered as the time when
we first dared to imagine "the welfare of the whole human
race as a practical objective." That's exactly the pattern
we've been seeing, and so we set out to see if it really
was true...
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Robert Kurson's Shadow Divers In Production By Fox
Films
Fall Release Date Planned
The movie version of Robert Kurson's New
York Times' bestselling book, Shadow Divers: The
True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to
Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II, is
currently being planned. The screenplay is being written
by William Broyles, Jr., who has brought movies such as
Apollo 13 and Cast Away to life. For more
information on Robert Kurson, please click on the link below:
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 Still
Time to Enter Our Draw for an Apple iPod
Just Fill Out and Fax Back the Form
that Came With Our New Catalog
Our recent catalog mailing contained an
entry form for a draw for an Apple iPod. We've extended
the final date for entry to April 20th -- make sure you
fax back your form today. If you did not receive a form,
or have misplaced yours, please email info@thelavinagency.com
and we'll be happy to send along a replacement.
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Billy
Beane Signs Long-term Deal With the Oakland A's
New Contract Ensures That Baseball's
Best General Manager Will Lead A's Into The Next Decade
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Billy Beane
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The Oakland A's recently announced that
General Manager Billy Beane's contract has been extended
to 2012, and that he has joined the club's ownership group
as a limited partner. Recognized as one of the best minds
in the game, Beane is an innovative business strategist,
and a great keynote speaker. For more information on Billy,
email us at info@thelavinagency.com
or click on the link below:
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Tim Sanders' The Likeability Factor Now in Bookstores
Yahoo!'s Leadership Coach Offers Advice
on How to Increase Your "L-Factor"
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Tim Sanders
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In his new book, bestselling author
and speaker Tim Sanders shows you how you can actually
measure and increase your likeability. It's the key
to building and maintaining great relationships in
life. Says Sanders, "If you raise your Likeability
Factor, you will harness one of life’s most powerful
forces. You will see it everywhere you go, and you
will wonder why you never thought about it before.
You will discover that nothing feels better, and is
better for everyone around you, than achieving the
highest Likeability Factor possible." To find
out more about Tim Sanders, click on the link below:
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