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Program: William Drenttel and Julie Lasky
Reasons Not to Be Pretty: Symposium on Design, Social Change and the “Museum”
In April, 2010, 22 designers, historians, curators, educators and journalists met at Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center on Lake Como, in Italy, to discuss the museum’s role in the 21st century in relation to design for social change. Participants from cultural institutions in 11 countries engaged in a far-ranging and illuminating conversation. Here, a report on this symposium sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and organized by Winterhouse Institute.
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Program: William Drenttel
Bellagio Design Symposium: Call for Participation
Reasons Not to Be Pretty: Symposium on Design, Social Change and the "Museum" was a symposium sponsored by the Winterhouse Institute and held at the Rockefeller Bellagio Center, Bellagio Italy, April 12-14 2010. This is the initial information posted as a call for participation.READ MORE | COMMENTS
Program: Ernest Beck
Bellagio Museum Symposium: Abstract
Reasons Not to Be Pretty: A Symposium on Design, Social Change and the “Museum” was held in April 2010 at Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy. Here, a summary of the final report on this meeting, which was sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and organized by Winterhouse Institute.READ MORE | COMMENTS
Program: William Drenttel
Bellagio Design Symposium: Participants
Bellagio Design Symposium, April 12-14, 2010, sponsored by Winterhouse Institute with support from Rockefeller Foundation, involved 21 participants — curators, educators, designers, writers, and representatives of NGOs and foundations. This the complete list of participants.READ MORE | COMMENTS (3)
Program: Allan Chochinov
Bellagio Design Symposium: Core77 Report
Allan Chochinov of Core77, sums up his experience at the Bellagio Design Symposium, the annual Salone Del Mobile Furniture Fair in Milan and being hostage to the whims of a volcano.READ MORE | COMMENTS (1)
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