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What if
Greenland
was
Africa’s
water
fountain?
New Greenland
Bruce Mau Design
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Too Perfect Seven New Denmarks
Hans Enoksen, Premier of Greenland
Greenland Home Rule
Postboks 1015
3900 Nuuk, Greenland
Dear Hans Enoksen,
To Greenland's Home Rule government and to your citizens we propose the New Greenland –
a pragmatic utopia to bring you economic prosperity and political sovereignty.
Today, most atlases of the world show your country as a ghostly white island, for
which there's "no data." Greenland has been self-governing since 1979 but is still
part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Greenland's economy is dependent on exports of fish,
but half the revenues come from Denmark.
For a country that's mostly not on the map, you've been showing up in the media
lately with dramatic images of the melting ice cap and frightening stories about the
potential impact of rising sea levels. Bye-bye Manhattan. So long Bangladesh. We know
it's not your fault. Greenlanders don't drive SUVs. Greenlanders have no roads.
Now imagine the New Greenland. The first thing you do is stop the flood –
yourselves. Grab the meltwater and put it to good use. You've already given license
to companies whose ships are pulling up along side your fjords and taking your melt
water directly into their tanks. Using icebergs that float down from Greenland,
private companies are already making a profit on iceberg water, iceberg vodka and
iceberg beer. If they can do it, you can too. Create national wealth by partnering
with a company that has deep pockets, global marketing smarts, and the world's biggest
distribution network. Next, transfer the wealth into profitable infrastructure,
educational expenditures and sustainability. Norway did it with oil. Botswana did
it with diamonds.
But don't stop there. Today, 1.2 billion people don't have access to clean water.
The entire continent of Africa supports 700 million people with 11% of the world's fresh
water. Greenland has 20% of the world's fresh water and only 57,000 people. What if
Greenland was Africa's water fountain? The technology exists for transporting water in
bulk – in massive water bags. Aquarius has been doing it in the Greek Islands since 1997.
Consider the New Greenland project. Take it to the Arctic Council for environmental
assessment. Test it against the economic models in the Copenhagen Consensus. Consult
the water experts at The Hague. Ask the United Nations if they'd like to meet their
U.N. Millennium goal for water before 2015. Ask Greenlanders if they'd like to achieve
three amazing ambitions: provide fresh water for those who need it, lessen the
effects of global warming, and establish Greenland's transition towards economic and
political sovereignty.
Sincerely,
Bruce Mau Design
and the Too Perfect Project Team
In collaboration with Work Worth Doing
cc. Marianne Lykke Thomsen, Arctic Council Senior Policy Advisor, Greenland
cc. Mary Simon, Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs, Canada
Danish Architecture Centre Strandgade 27B, 1401 Copenhagen Bruce Mau Design 197 Spadina Avenue, Suite 501, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C8
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1. Stop
the
Flood
Greenland is melting as its ice cap retreats
inland, driven by global warming. Tons of fresh
A
water are pouring into the North Atlantic,
displacing the dense salt water that drives ocean
circulation. The fresher the ocean gets, the more
threatened are the currents that keep Europe
warm. Cascading moulins (A) create a wildly
beautiful site for tourists but pose a slippery slope
to climate upheavals and disaster. Is it mountain
or molehill? For 400,000 years, temperature and
CO2 levels in the Vostok ice core have cycled in
synch. More recent readings show CO2 levels
at their highest ever. Temperatures are likely
heading the same way, which means more and
more melt water. Stop the flood and make the
melt water an economic enabler of Greenland’s
independence. Stop the flood and turn it into
a solution for water-stressed Africa.
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2. Turn
Melt Water
Into Money
Others are making profits while Greenland melts.
In 2003, Greenland’s Home Rule government
issued the first license to collect and export its
melt water to Aquapolaris, a private company.
In Beverley Hills, bottles of iceberg water sell for
$10 U.S. each. And in Newfoundland, icebergs
are replacing fish as the basis of new business
opportunities. Every spring, icebergs from
Greenland parade south, past the coast of
Newfoundland. The same people who used to
fish now harvest icebergs from a floating barge,
B
using a grapple crane to break off chunks of ice.
The ice is crushed, melted and stored in tanks.
The water is used for free by the Canadian Iceberg
Vodka Corporation to produce Iceberg Vodka (B).
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3. Expand
the
Economy
Greenland’s economy is dependent, in equal
measure, on financial support from the Danish
C
Government and exports of fish (C). Mostly
shrimp. But with billions of litres of water flowing
into the sea, opportunity knocks (D). Harvest
only 34% of Greenland’s icebergs to match the
total worldwide bottled water production of
89 billion litres a year. Convert that to bottles
and get 178 billion bottles of water. Times that by
2 euros = total sales of 356 billion euros. Divide
that by the population of Greenland – 57,000 –
and each citizen gets a cool 6.2 million euros per
year. Try controlling just one percent of the bottled
water market. That produces an additional per
capita income of 62,000 euros.
D
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4. Become
a New
Greenland
The flag of Greenland is white and red (E).
White symbolizes the ice and snow, red the sun.
E
F
The proposed New Greenland flag (F) symbolizes
water, the new source of wealth and the economic
enabler of political independence. There are places
in the world where citizens are benefiting from their
country’s natural resources. Look to nearby Norway,
where the government controls the petroleum
resources, enabling its citizens to enjoy the world’s
highest quality of life. Consider faraway Botswana,
where the government is transferring much
of the wealth created by rich diamond deposits
into profitable infrastructure and educational
expenditures. Bottling water presents Greenland
with a strategy to become a wealthy new nation.
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5. Distribute
the
Wealth
The world is divided into water rich and water poor.
With 20% of the world’s fresh water (G) and only
57,000 citizens, Greenland is one of the water
richest. With 11% of the world’s fresh water and
700,000,000 people, Africa (H) is the water
poorest. Show the world responsible stewardship
of water wealth. Every year 189.3 billion litres
of melt water flow into the sea. Harvest the melt
water. Send it to Africa.
# of people
% of world’s
fresh water
H
G
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6. Develop
the Big
Ideas
Using the ocean to transport bulk water is an
industry in its infancy, but evidence of experiments
and new technologies abound.
The Medusa Bag (I) is a giant bag designed in
1988 by James Cran of Calgary, Alberta to meet
the anticipated requirement for large scale water
imports to California as well as to Israel, Jordan
and Palestine. It can carry 100,000 m3 of bulk
water. The Norwegian Shipping Company used
a similar bag to transport water in Scandinavia.
I
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7. Relieve
the Water
Stress
Over 1 billion people lack access
Over 1 billion people lack access
to clean drinking water
to clean drinking water
= 1,600 billion litres
= 1,600 billion litres
Millions are dying every year in Africa from water
related diseases. Desalination is relieving extreme
Greenland’s meltwater
Greenland’s meltwater
= 189.3 billion litres of water,
= 189.3 billion litres of water,
or 12% of the water deficit worldwide.
or 12% of the water deficit worldwide.
water scarcity in the north but is too expensive
and energy intensive for most of the continent.
Just above the equator, on the west coast of Africa,
Porto Novo is a gateway to nine African countries:
Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana,
Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon. The New
Greenland Bag Water Plan (J) envisions a train
of five Medusa bags embarking daily to deliver
189.3 billion litres of water per year. That would
If Greenland provided their meltwater
If Greenland provided their meltwater
to Africa, they could assist more than
to Africa, they could assist more than
129 million people
129 million people
= 18.5% of the population of Africa,
= 18.5% of the population of Africa,
or
or
the equivalent of the combined
the equivalent of the combined
populations of Guinea, Sierra Leone,
populations of Guinea, Sierra Leone,
Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo,
Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo,
Benin, Cameroon, and 1/2 of Nigeria.
Benin, Cameroon, and 1/2 of Nigeria.
Each person would receive 4 litres
Each person would receive 4 litres
of water per day per year.
of water per day per year.
To ship Greenland’s meltwater
To ship Greenland’s meltwater
would require a total of 1,893 Medusa
would require a total of 1,893 Medusa
bags per year,
bags per year,
or
or
the equivalent of sending
the equivalent of sending
5 bags per day.
5 bags per day.
mean four litres of water per day, every day of the
year, for 129 million people. This plan relieves the
water stress and moves the U.N. closer to meeting
its Millennium Development Goal for water.
GREENLAND
IS MELTING
AFRICA
IS THIRSTY
Benin
Togo
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Liberia
J
Côte
d’Ivoire
1/2 Nigeria
Ghana
Porto
Novo
1 Medusa bag
= 100,000 m3 of water
5 Medusa bags /day
Cameroon
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8. Piggyback
Transport water with local know-how and existing
distribution methods. Piggyback on common forms
K
L
M
of transportation and humanitarian efforts such
as the Peace Corps (K) to build infrastructure.
Carry the water where it’s needed with human
motivation plus the latest liberating inventions,
such as the hand-held relative of the steamroller,
the Hippo Roller (L). Hitch a ride with Coca-Cola,
the biggest distribution network on the African
continent (M) – it’s a powerful and pragmatic
possibility.
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9. Weigh In
With
Experts
Draw on the ideas and knowledge of many. Gather
expertise in the field and around the globe. Test ideas
and feasibility with leading organizations and think
tanks. Measure the economic, environmental and
social impact. Reach consensus among world
thinkers and local stakeholders. Margaret Mead,
anthropologist, states “Never doubt that a small
group of dedicated individuals can change the
world … Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Niels Tanderup Kristensen
Head of Section,
Greenland Home Rule
Government,
Department of Foreign Affairs
Commented on the politics
of Greenland, the marketable
quality of their 12,000 yearold water and their interest
in playing a role in a
humanitarian effort
Grant Gibbs
The Hippo Water Roller
Project, www.hipporoller.org
South Africa
Described how the hippo roller
is transforming the daily task
of transporting water in African
villages
Dr. Rafael Gomez
Professor of Economics,
London School of Economics,
His graduate students worked
on a project about bottling
water from Greenland
Warned of “fiercely
competitive” bottled water
market and possible future
water wars. Pointed to
different economic scenarios
in which one country’s citizens
benefit from the sale of natural
resources and another country’s
citizens are left in poverty as
their politicians cream the
wealth
Freeman Dyson
Futurist, physicist, expert in
quantum electrodynamics,
Author of Disturbing the
Universe, Infinite in All
Directions, and Imagined
World
Said that using satellites to
stop Greenland from melting
is stupid and impractical;
suggested we talk to
economists not astronomers
Adnan Z. Amin
Director, New York Office,
United Nations Environment
Program
Predicted that funding would
have to come from the private
sector not the public sector
Ms. H. L. MacLean
Associate Professor,
Environmental engineering,
economics and public policy,
Department of Civil
Engineering,
University of Toronto
Suggested we look at the
project from a Life Cycle
Assessment perspective
Tania Del Matto
Canadian Centre for
Pollution Prevention,
Windsor, Ontario
Recommended an
environmental assessment and
asked how we planned
to help Africa become water
self-sufficient over the
long term
Bernard W. Funston
Executive Secretary,
Arctic Council Sustainable
Development Working Group,
Secretariat,
Ottawa, Canada
Asked if Denmark and
Greenland planned to bring
this proposal forward in the
Arctic Council
David Fairman
(Harvard professor)
Vice President,
The Consensus Building
Institute Inc.,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Advised on successful methods
for joint fact-finding and the
use of technical experts in big
water projects with multiple
stakeholders
Bryan Karney
Professor,
Department of Civil
Engineering,
Pumps, pipelines and
hydraulics,
University of Toronto
Proposed three big issues that
will need careful consideration:
energy requirements, volume
of water and value of water
Baher Abdulhai
Associate Professor,
Director ITS Centre,
Department of Civil
Engineering,
Intelligent transportation
systems,
University of Toronto
Encouraged the big thinking;
cautioned that the milliondollar question is: feasibility?
James Cran
Inventor: Medusa Bag
Said that transporting water
is economically feasible when
done on a massive scale; the
optimum size is a 2 million ton
bag. Described the features
of the Medusa Bag and his
proposition for delivering water
to the Gaza Strip.
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Too Perfect Seven New Denmarks
A collaboration of the Danish Architecture
Centre, Harbourfront Centre and the Power
Plant, as part of SUPERDANISH: Newfangled
Danish Culture. Curated by Bruce Mau
Design, in collaboration with Plot. With
the participation of Kontrapunkt, Nord, SRL
Arkitekter, Arkitema and Plot. Commissioned
by the Danish Architecture Centre.
DAC | DANISH ARCHITECTURE
CENTRE
The Danish Architecture Centre,
located in the heart of Copenhagen, is
the most important centre for the exhibition
and development of architecture in Denmark.
It hosts exhibitions and trade activities
focussed on both Danish and international
architecture, with the goal of helping the
Danish architecture and construction
industries to grow. However, the exhibitions
are produced for and open to not just the
trade but also the general public. The Danish
Architecture Centre is known for exhibition
concepts that create debate.
Recent ones include The New World Trade
Centre, which was the first showing outside
New York of Daniel Libeskind’s project for the
new World Trade Center; Architecture without
Boundaries, which showed the work of Daniel
Libeskind, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, and Sir
Norman Foster, who are the first international
architects to work in Denmark for more than
250 years; Futures2Come, about the use
of 3D real time in construction designs;
and Kids in Space, an exhibition that gave
thousands of children the opportunity to
play and explore architecture physically as
well as virtually.
The Danish Architecture Centre also works
internationally to market, develop and
re-brand Danish Architecture. Through the
cooperation with international architects
and designers, exhibitions and concepts
are developed that place Danish architecture
on the international scene.
The Danish Architecture Centre is subsidised
by the Danish government, the Danish
business sector, and the Danish construction
and architecture industries. (www.dac.dk)
HARBOURFRONT CENTRE
Harbourfront Centre is Canada’s leading
multi-disciplinary cultural centre. Artistic
programming spans the spectrum from the
experimental to the traditional, from popular
culture to the leading-edge contemporary
work. Harbourfront Centre’s goal is to enliven,
entertain and educate the public by delivering
cultural, educational and recreational
programmes year-round. Harbourfront Centre
comprises five theatres, two art galleries and
several exhibition spaces, an outdoor concert
venue and a craft studio.
Harbourfront Centre presents SUPERDANISH:
Newfangled Danish Culture – a provocative
exploration of current, creative Danish
culture, running from September 28 to
December 2004 and featuring more then
200 artists participating in over 130 events.
SUPERDANISH offers premier performances,
screenings, exhibitions, readings, lectures,
symposiums and concerts exploring culture
in all its aspects, including visual art,
architecture, craft, design, music, opera,
literature, theatre and dance, film, food,
and public culture. Events take place at
Harbourfront Centre and at participating
galleries and partner organizations throughout
Toronto. (www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
superdanish)
THE POWER PLANT
The Power Plant is Canada’s leading public
gallery devoted exclusively to the art of our
time. A prominent, non-collecting exhibition
facility located in Toronto, it features new
works by today’s best artists and is on par
with a handful of the finest international
institutions in the field. The Power Plant is
an integral part of Harbourfront Centre and
a locus for a wide variety of activities and
resources related to contemporary art.
Since 1987, The Power Plant has won
international attention and praise for
consistently presenting the highest level
of contemporary art activity. Their exhibitions
celebrate the diverse tendencies of visual
art practice, including painting, sculpture,
photography, film, video, installations
and other media. Their publications are
found in libraries and bookstores around
the world, while their lectures and other
public programmes present the most
respected local and international authorities
in the field. (www.thepowerplant.org)
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The exhibition Too Perfect: Seven New
Denmarks is shown in three different locations in the world at the same time – the
Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen,
where it forms the first part of an exhibition
trilogy entitled DAC RE-THINK; the 9th
International Architecture Biennale in Venice,
where it is Denmark’s official contribution,
and Harbourfront Centre in Toronto as part
of the festival SUPERDANISH.
PLOT
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
Bjarke Ingels, Julien De Smedt
Wayne Baerwaldt, Director
with Dan Stubbergaard
Anette Larsson, Assistant Director
and
Reid Shier, Curator
Mads Birgens
Paul Zingrone, Head of Installations
Louise Breiner
Christy Thompson, Exhibition Coordinator
Uffe Bruhl
Julie Faris, Anitra Hamilton, Brad Johnson,
Garth Johnson, Doug Moore, Mark Phillips,
Hamish Pelletier, Craig Whiteside,
Installation Crew
Teis Draiby
Andreas Pedersen
COPENHAGEN
Danish Architecture Centre
Modelværkstedet by Morten Gehl, fabricator,
construction of exhibition models
MAJ Byg by Søren Hansen, fabricator,
construction of exhibition walls and panels
Kristina Adsersen, architect/design manager,
research, design and sourcing of Hall
of Fame objects and exhibition design
Susanne Pauline Svendsen, architect,
research and quotes for Hall of Fame
Peter Kleist, technical manager, overall
set-up at DAC
Johan Galster, marketing and brand manager
and responsible for contact with our many
sponsors
Sussi Heimburger, PR, our contact with the
Danish press
Fie Sahl, graphic designer, local work for
the DAC exhibition
Malene Mærsk Lippmann, project manager,
overall coordination of all 3 exhibitions –
DAC, Venice, Toronto
Kent Martinussen, director, boss and
idea manager
Ole Schroder
Nina Ter-Borch
VENICE
M+B studio
Xandra Eden, Assistant Curator
Terence Dick, Head of Public Programmes
Bruce Mau Design
Troels Bruun, Executive Architect
Too Perfect: Seven New Denmarks
curated and designed by
Daniela Murgia, Translation/Coordination
Bruce Mau
Filippo Lovato, Assistant Architect
with Amanda Ramos
Mariagiovanna Nuzzi, Assistant Architect
and
TORONTO
Mike Bartosik
Angelica Fox
Barr Gilmore
Tobias Lau
Kyo Maclear
Harbourfront Centre
Laurel Macmillan
William Boyle, Executive Producer,
SUPERDANISH and CEO, Harbourfront Centre
Catherine Rix
Tina Rasmussen, Artistic Producer,
SUPERDANISH
Leonard Wyma
Allison Bottomley, Associate Producer,
SUPERDANISH
Jim Shedden
Exhibition fabrication: Display Arts of Toronto
Exhibition graphics: Icon
Catalogue printing: C.J. Graphics
Back cover photo: Maris Mezulis
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Project Team
Arkitema K/S is one of Denmark’s largest
architectural firms, representing more than
30 years of experience in planning, architecture and design, supervision and inspection
as well as construction project management
and landscape architectural consultancy.
Arkitema’s motto is “architecture on human
foundations,” a focus that has remained
at the core of the company through its rapid
expansion over the past decade. In recent
years, Arkitema has won about 120 large
competitions, both public and closed, in
Denmark and as far afield as China. Most
of these projects have been built. Arkitema
has a tradition of engaging in research and
development projects. The company is
currently working on number of residences
where the goal is to rationalize and enhance
the efficiency of construction through
sustained collaboration. (www.arkitema.dk)
Pragmatic Utopia: House Express
Project team: Mette Rødtnes, Jørn Kiesslinger,
Dorthe Kreis, Ola Jonsson, Per Feldthaus
practice focuses on process design within
urban areas and the rural landscape. In their
view architecture and design has the capacity
to be the negotiater between individuals,
organizations and institutions. They are
particularly interested in projects that
investigate alternative means of material
organization, planning strategies and landscape design. They are engaged in a number
of participatory planning projects, including a
branding/identity strategy for social housing,
cultural planning of new urban developments
in Copenhagen, scenarios for a post-industrial
site and an open-source design involving the
inhabitants of 425 dwellings.
(www.nord-web.dk)
Pragmatic Utopia: Pharmland
Project team: Morten Rask Gregersen,
Johannes Pedersen, Anne Katrine
Hornemann and Lars Serup, in collaboration
with 2+1
Kontrapunkt is a Copenhagen-based brand
consultancy specializing in strategy, design
and innovation and providing advice on the
creation of identities to large corporations,
multi-nationals, and several nations.
Kontrapunkt has won more design prizes than
any other design firm in the Nordic region.
They are an established firm that has recently
taken on new, young partners, one of whom,
Rasmus Bech Hansen, is working on Too
Perfect. They have repositioned the firm to
do work based on the idea that “design is
not solely about style, software or technology,
it is about fulfilling human needs in new and
better ways.” Kontrapunkt considers this
approach to be rooted in the Scandinavian
design tradition, “which, in every way, is
about humanistic values.” Kontrapunkt has
worked with clients as diverse as Adidas,
Lego and the European Commission.
(www.kontrapunkt.dk)
SRL Arkitekter was established in 1991 after
being awarded first prize in the competition
for the new Museum of Modern Art in
Copenhagen. In the years since, the studio
has participated in competitions and has
been awarded several prizes for their projects,
both national and well as international. The
concept that physical space can be formed
into something other than a purely functional
framework is one of the studio’s most important development goals, especially when
participating in new business networks. Since
1997, SRL’s principal, Søren Robert Lund,
has been affiliated with Copenhagen’s famous
amusement park, Tivoli, as Head of Design
and Development. In that role, he has been
responsible for a large-scale invention program
in the park and is currently renovating Tivoli
Concert Hall and developing a new Tivoli
Hotel. SRL Architects, in collaboration with
CEBRA, is also at the moment designing
two 8,000m2 schools, which are both under
construction. (www.srlarkitekter.dk)
Pragmatic Utopia: Child Inc.
Pragmatic Utopia: Endless Coastline
Project team: Rasmus Bech Hansen,
Christian Leifelt, Rikke Storm, Maria Aakjær
Project team: Søren Robert Lund, Naja
Hoffmeyer, Line Birkebæk Holst, Nicolai
Haagensen, Sine Martini, Michael Droob
NORD (Northern Office for Research and
Design) was founded by four young architects
who joined forces and situated themselves
in Copenhagen, Denmark to combine their
experiences from international studies,
employments and teaching. Convinced
that the world does not need yet another
traditional architectural firm, NORD believes
that in order to trigger real change within the
society, you have to design and operate within
various cross-disciplinary domains. Their
PLOT was founded in Copenhagen in 2001
by two young architects, Julien De Smedt and
Bjarke Ingels. PLOT’s practice is focused
on turning intense research and analysis
of practical as well as theoretical issues
into the driving forces of design. The office’s
name encapsulates its design philosophy:
“A narrative is a series of events that are tied
together in a PLOT…. The PLOT makes architecture more than a random accumulation
of toilets and bedrooms.” In the citation for
a recent award, architect Eric Messerschmidt
praised PLOT by saying that “their work is a
brilliant example of how you can, by turning
the architect’s method and attitude upside
down, set yourself free from known solutions
and rethink architecture.” They have recently
completed a youth club of 1,600m2 and are
undertaking the construction of a 25,000m2
housing block, a 6,000m2 psychiatric
hospital, and are developing several urban,
residential, commercial and cultural projects.
(www.plot.dk)
Pragmatic Utopias: Superharbour, HySociety
Project team: Bjarke Ingels, Julien De Smedt,
with Dan Stubbergaard, Andreas Pedersen,
Mads Birgens, Ole Schroder, Uffe Bruhl,
Louise Breiner, Teis Draiby, Nina Ter-Borch
Bruce Mau Design Inc. (BMD) was founded
in Toronto in 1985. Since then the studio has
gained international recognition for innovative,
interdisciplinary work. For BMD, design is
a means, not an end. The studio considers
the evolutionary design process itself to be
a fundamental part of the outcome and the
solution.
The studio has a distinct make-up in that its
designers and members come from diverse
educational and professional backgrounds
and various industries. The studio provides
both expertise and innovation in a wide
range of projects: identity and branding,
research and conceptual programming,
print design and production, environmental
signage and way-finding systems, and
exhibition and product design.
The studio’s emphasis on content-driven
work, coupled with Bruce Mau’s insistence
that everything is design-related, has encouraged it to cross numerous disciplinary boundaries. The Institute Without Boundaries, BMD’s
most radical undertaking, is a studio-based
lab formed out of the belief that the future will
demand a new breed of designer, a generalist
with the capacity to articulate possibilities.
The IWB’s first undertaking is Massive Change,
a multi-year, discursive project on the future
of global design. Massive Change will embody
a traveling exhibition commissioned by the
Vancouver Art Gallery, a book published by
Phaidon Press, web-based projects, public
events, and products. (www.bruce
maudesign.com)
Pragmatic Utopia: New Greenland
Project team: Bruce Mau, Amanda Ramos,
Angelica Fox, with Kyo Maclear and Work
Worth Doing (Lorraine Gauthier and Alex
Quinto), Leonard Wyma
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– Madonna
8/10/04
“Re-invent yourself”
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