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| Bruce Mau, creative director of Bruce Mau Design Inc. and founder of the Institute without Boundaries, will deliver Design Alliance Omaha’s inaugural Legacy lecture Thursday, Oct. 4. |
New Organization Dedicated to Connecting
the Design Community
Exchange and experience are the true constants of progressive design.
That’s the founding philosophy of a new organization dedicated to keeping members of the local design community connected with each other and with the global design continuum.
Design Alliance Omaha (daOMA) is an open forum rooted in the intellectual and social foundations of design culture, said David Levy, an attorney with Baird Holm, LLP and a member of the organization’s board of directors. Its primary mission is to expand and grow design appreciation and awareness in the city.
“We are about design in all forms and the education and community that perpetuate it,” Levy noted. “We intend to support a continuous and challenging public dialogue on the design disciplines and their relationship to our cities, workplace, home and culture.”
The organization’s founder is Tom Trenolone, an architect with HDR. The daOMA board represents design disciplines and interests in the areas of architecture, urban design, landscape design, interior design, industrial design, graphic design, photography, and automotive and fashion design. Its core programs will focus on two areas – a public lecture series and an annual design fellowship.
The lecture series - featuring local and world-renowned designers, critics, historians and patrons - will include fall and spring sessions. All lectures will be held at the Joslyn Art Museum on Thursday evenings.
The inaugural Legacy lecture, set for Thursday, Oct. 4, will be delivered by Bruce Mau, creative director of Bruce Mau Design Inc. and founder of the Institute without Boundaries. Since founding his studio in Toronto in 1985, Mau and his staff have gained international recognition for their innovation across a wide range of projects achieved in collaboration with some of the world’s leading architects and institutions, artists and entrepreneurs, writers, curators, academics and businesses.
The spring 2008 lecture on April 17 will feature Thom Mayne, a recent winner of the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor.
Levy, who is also a member of the Omaha by Design Advisory Committee, said the organization’s design fellowship will be awarded annually to a member of the Omaha design community to pursue a research topic that promotes progressive design. Upon completion of their research, the daOMA fellows will present their findings as part of the Metro lectures. The goal is to award the first daOMA fellowship in the organization’s third season.
daOMA is funded by membership dues, donations and grants, and membership is open to all those interested in design.
For more information, call 402.980.9850, email info@designallianceomaha.org or visit www.designallianceomaha.org.
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