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Bruce Mau

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Bruce Mau
Born(1959-10-25)October 25, 1959(age 64)
OccupationDesigner
Known forMassive Change Network
Bruce Mau Design
Massive Change
Institute Without Boundaries
Freeman Company
Notable workThe Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
MC24
The Nexus
Massive Change
Life Style
S,M,L,XL
Seattle Public Library
Zone Books
PartnerAiyemobisi “Bisi” Williams
AwardsAIGA Gold Medal (2007)
Global Creative Leadership Award (2009)
Cooper Hewitt National Design Award (2016)
Websitehttps://www.massivechangenetwork.com/

Bruce MauRCA(born October 25, 1959) is aCanadiandesigner and educator. He began his career a graphic designer and has since applied his design methodology to architecture, art, museums, film, eco-environmental design, education, and conceptual philosophy.[1][2]Mau is the chief executive officer ofMassive Change Network,a Chicago-based design consultancy he co-founded with his wife, Bisi Williams.[2]In 2015, he became the Chief Design Officer at Freeman, a global provider of brand experiences.[3][4]Mau is also a professor and has taught at multiple institutions in the United States and Canada.[5][6]

From 1985 to 2010, Mau was the creative director of Bruce Mau Design (BMD). In 2003, while still at BMD, he founded the Institute Without Boundaries in collaboration with the School of Design at George Brown College, Toronto.[7]In 2010, Mau left the company and went on to co-foundMassive Change Networkin Chicago with his wife, Bisi Williams.[8][9]Mau founded Bruce Mau Studio in 2020.[10]

Early life and education

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Mau was born inPembroke,Ontario,on 25 October 1959 and spent his early years inSudbury, Ontario.[11]He attendedSudbury Secondary School.Mau chose to study art at the advice of the high school art teacher, Jack Smith, who mentored him in his early studies.[12][13]He then studied at theOntario College of Art & Designin Toronto, and he studied advertising under Terry Isles.[11]However, before graduation, he left the school to join theFifty Fingersdesign group in 1980.[11]

Career

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Mau stayed at Fifty Fingers for two years, before crossing the ocean for a brief sojourn atPentagramin the UK. Returning to Toronto a year later, he became part of the founding triumvirate ofPublic Good Design and Communications.Soon after, the opportunity to designZone 1/2presented itself and he left to establish his own studio, Bruce Mau Design.

Zone 1/2: The Contemporary City,a complex compendium of critical thinking about urbanism from philosophers such asGilles DeleuzeandPaul Virilio,architectsRem KoolhaasandChristopher Alexanderremains one of his most notable works. The firm has produced work for the Andy Warhol Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Gagosian Gallery.[14]Mau remained the design director ofZone Booksuntil 2004, to which he has added duties as co-editor of Swerve Editions, a Zone imprint. From 1991 to 1993, he also served as creative director ofI.D. magazine.[citation needed]

He is a member of theRoyal Canadian Academy of Artsand served on theHerman Miller Design Council[15]from 2008 to 2012.

He has lectured widely across North America and Europe. He served on the International Advisory Committee of theWexner Centerin Columbus, Ohio.[citation needed]

In 1998, Mau produced a 43-point program called an "Incomplete Manifesto for Growth" that attempts to help designers and creative folks think about their design process, the manifesto has been widely circulated on the web.[16]

In 2006, he participated in theStock Exchange of Visions.

In 2010 Bruce Mau and Bisi Williams founded the Massive Change Network.[17][18]

In the 2010s, Bruce Mau Design was involved in the redevelopment and redesign of Ontario'sONrouteservice centres.[19]

As of November 19, 2015, Bruce Mau is the Chief Design Officer forFreeman,a brand experience company and service contractor.[20]

In September 2022, Bruce Mau and Bisi Williams undertook a collaboration with the University of New South Wales through the Massive Change Network (MCN). This was called 'Massive Action Sydney' and saw staff and students from the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture (ADA) form five 'Renaissance Teams' to collaborate on ways to create Massive Action across some of the most perplexing and wicked challenges of our time. The project and its outcomes are ongoing.[21]

Awards

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He was awarded theChrysler Award for Design Innovationin 1998, and theToronto Arts Awardfor Architecture and Design in 1999. He is a Senior Fellow of theDesign Futures Council,since 2006.[22]Mau was awarded theAmerican Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)Medal in 2007.[11]In 2007, Mau was in residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in the Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Design Objects department.[citation needed]

He received thePhiladelphia Museum of Art'sCollab Design Excellence Award in 2015, in conjunction with an exhibition of his designs.[23]Mau received the Cooper Hewitt 2016,National Design Awardfor Design Mind, for his impact on design theory, design practice and/or public awareness.[24][25]

Honorary degrees

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Mau has received manyhonorary degreesincluding honorary doctorates fromEmily Carr University of Art and Designin 2001,School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)in 2006[26]andRhode Island School of Design(RISD) in 2014.[27]Other honorary degree include an honorary fellow of theOntario College of Art & Design[28]In 2007,Laurentian Universityawarded him an honorary degree[12]and theColumbia College Chicagoawarded an honorary degree in 2011.[29]

Teaching

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From 1996 to 1999, Mau was the Associate Cullinan Professor atRice University'sSchool of Architecturein Houston, Texas.[30]He has also been a thesis advisor at theUniversity of Toronto'sFaculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design.[30]He was a William and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SIAC) in 2007–2008.[30]

Fellowships

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Since 2009, Mau has served as a Distinguished Fellow of theSegal Design InstituteatNorthwestern University.[30]He served as anartist-in-residenceatCalifornia Institute of the Artsand as avisiting scholarat theGetty Research InstituteinLos Angeles.[30]

Personal life

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Mau is married toAiyemobisi "Bisi" Williamsand they have three daughters named Osunkemi, Omalola, and Adeshola (named in honor of Bisi Williams's Nigerian heritage).[1]

Graphic design

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  • S,M,L,XLwithRem Koolhaas(1995)ISBN0-7148-3827-6
  • Life Style(2000)ISBN1-885254-01-6
  • Massive Change(2004)ISBN0-7148-4401-2
  • Eye,No. 15, Vol. 4, Winter 1994.[1]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ab"BRUCE MAU'S MASSIVE CHANGE NETWORK".MASSIVE CHANGE NETWORK.Retrieved2020-08-31.
  3. ^Palmer, Barbara (20 January 2016)."Design Thinking on Exhibit".PCMA Convene.Retrieved18 October2016.
  4. ^Oates, Greg (8 June 2016)."CMOs Are Investing More in Live Events to Engage Distracted Audiences".Skift.com.Skift.Retrieved18 October2016.
  5. ^"Campus Directory".Pratt Institute.Retrieved2018-07-09.
  6. ^"Bruce Mau: DESIGN INNOVATION - Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University".design.northwestern.edu.Retrieved2020-08-31.
  7. ^Jermyn, Diane (15 April 2010)."Bruce Mau uses design to create positive change".The Globe and Mail.The Globe and Mail Inc.Retrieved18 October2016.
  8. ^Robinson, Joe (26 April 2011)."Innovation Gurus: Bruce Mau and John Kao".Entrepreneur.Entrepreneur Media.Retrieved18 October2016.
  9. ^Sisson, Patrick (22 April 2015)."Bruce Mau leads design brainstorm by encouraging leaps in thought".Chicago Tribune.Retrieved18 October2016.
  10. ^"Timeline".Bruce Mau Studio.Retrieved2020-08-31.
  11. ^abcd"Bruce Mau".AIGA.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-07-10.Retrieved2018-07-09.Born 1959, Sudbury, Ontario
  12. ^ab"Mau Made"(PDF).Laurentian Magazine.Laurentian University. Summer 2007. pp. 2, 14.Retrieved2018-07-09.
  13. ^"Visionary surprisingly down to earth".Sudbury.com.20 March 2006.Retrieved2020-08-31.
  14. ^Fast Company"Design Principal | Fast Company".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-04-26.Retrieved2012-06-11.
  15. ^Ryan, Zoë; Freeman Rathbone, Kathryn (2011-03-07)."Massive Change for Bruce Mau".Design Bureau.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-07-10.Retrieved2018-07-09.
  16. ^http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/39/maumanifesto.htmlIncomplete Manifesto for growth
  17. ^"Massive Change Network".Retrieved21 October2011.
  18. ^"Bruce Mau Exhibited and Honored By Philadelphia Museum of Art".Graphic Design USA.12 November 2015.Retrieved18 October2016.
  19. ^"ONroute in Ontario".Toronto Sun,January 31, 2012.
  20. ^"Freeman Brings Design Thinking to the Forefront of the Events Industry « Freeman".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-12-23.Retrieved2015-12-22.
  21. ^"Massive Action Sydney | Arts, Design & Architecture - UNSW Sydney".
  22. ^"2006 Design Futures Council Senior Fellows - DesignIntelligence".DesignIntelligence.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-07-10.Retrieved2018-07-09.
  23. ^"Designing the Future with Bruce Mau".University of Pennsylvania.University of Pennsylvania School of Design.Retrieved18 October2016.
  24. ^"Freeman's Chief Design Officer Bruce Mau Recognized with Cooper Hewitt 2016 National Design Award: Design Mind".News Channel 10.Frankly Media and Raycom Media. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-05-30.Retrieved2016-05-05.
  25. ^Lasky, Julie (2016-05-05)."National Design Awards Announced".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2016-05-05.
  26. ^"14 SAIC Community Figures Featured in Newcity's Annual Design 50 Issue".School of the Art Institute of Chicago.March 27, 2015.Retrieved2018-07-09.
  27. ^"Honorary Guests at Commencement".RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2014.Rhode Island School of Design. p. 48.Retrieved2018-07-09– via Issu.[permanent dead link]
  28. ^"honorary doctorate".OCAD UNIVERSITY.May 22, 2018.Retrieved2018-07-09.
  29. ^"Honorary Degree Recipients - College Archives".Columbia College Chicago.Retrieved2018-07-09.
  30. ^abcde"Bruce Mau: DESIGN INNOVATION".Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University.Retrieved2018-07-09.
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