Bruce Mau at Pilchuck!?!
August 1, 2011
posted by: Sally McCubbin
Picture your professional hero. Someone whose work you admire and respect so much you just feel lucky that this person exists.
Now think of a place you love. Somewhere that inspires and motivates you. A place that is so extraordinary, it grants you personal enlightenment every time you visit.
Now imagine a scenario crazy enough for those two components to find each other . . . Oh and, add to that, you’ve been invited along for the ride.
Somehow, THAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME!
Thank you Pilchuck and thank you so much Bruce Mau and Bisi Williams.
This video is a brief look at the past, present and future of Bruce and Bisi’s work. Even if you are streaming on dial-up, it is definitely worth a watch.
If you get as far as my short slide show at the end, the long pauses represent my having to gain composure through my tears, apologies.
Bruce Mau Design- www.brucemaudesign.com
Pilchuck Glass School- www.pilchuck.com
Bruce Mau and Bisi Williams give glassblowing a go. Sally McCubbin helping out, Jessie Blackmer, Catherine Chalmers and Jay Macdonell in a sailor's hat, looking on.
Sally McCubbin is Managing Editor of Contemporary Canadian Glass and is also an instructor at Sheridan College. She recently opened a studio of 12 artists in Toronto, called Elevator Art Lab. Sally is passionate about thoughtful design and created a company entitled Timid Glass Toronto with partner Aaron Oussoren that reflects this enthusiasm as well as their shared interest in environmentalism and conservationism.
Wow, Sally – thanks for posting that. How else would one get to experience a talk by Bruce Mau, if you can’t actually be there. And it was great to see your own work too and know what drives your design aesthetic. Thanks for all of it! Well worth watching.
What a great experience!!!! thanks for sharing!
Wonderful Sally……and thanks for making ME cry!
I think you are enormously talented.
Amazing presentation Sally and thanks so much for sharing that presentation by Bruce Mau. I saw the Massive Change exhibition at the AGO and it inspired so many including me. I can’t wait to see what you will do next!
Sally…. awe-inspiring!!!
Thanks for sharing and giving us a glimpse into your world!
awesome stuff sally! thanks so much for sharing….i’ll be doing some research….
Fantastic. Great job.
Sally, How did your head not explode when Bruce Mau introduced you?
What an honour!
Great presentation! Thanks for sharing. Inspiring.
Massive Change Network- A purpose driven entrepreneurial experience based design education network
1. purpose accelerates learning
2. worse=best
3. public is critical
4. design is core to our future
5. experience deepens knowledge
6. renassaince (or is that renaissance?) teams are best
7. real can’t be faked
8. experience is the content
9. design the system not the object
10.the future will be beautiful (if we have one)
I just had to write this down somewhere- Thanks so much Sally.