Alice Rawsthorn Seminar „Hello World: Where Design Meets Life“
Date: March 3rd, 2014. 16:00 through 18:00
Location: Tallinn University, Auditorium M-134 - Narva maantee 29, 10117 Tallinn, Estonia
Email: maris@disainikeskus.ee
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Alice Rawsthorn is an international authority on design, whose columns for the International New York Times are syndicated worldwide. Her latest book, the critically acclaimed "Hello World: Where Design Meets Life", explores design's influence on our lives: past, present and future.
Alice has spoken on design at important international events including the World Economic Forum in Davos. Based in London, she is a trustee of the Whitechapel Gallery and the dance group Michael Clark Company, as well as chair of trustees at Chisenhale Gallery.
As well as contributing essays to a number of books on design and contemporary culture, Alice is the author of an acclaimed biography of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Her new book "Hello World" is followed by multiple foreign language editions and has received international recognition.
Alice Rawsthorn about the seminar:
"Design is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. Deployed wisely, it can bring us pleasure, choice, strength, decency and much more; but if its power is abused, the outcome can be wasteful, confusing and even dangerous. And design is unavodiable. It influences what we do and how we feel, often without our noticing. At a time when we face colossal changes – from the deepening environmental crisis, to giant leaps in science and technology – I suggests how design can help to turn them to our advantage."
Alice Rawsthorn’s website, articles and publications: alicerawsthorn.com
Estonian Designers in the Spotlight at International Fashion Showcase in February 2014