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June 1, 2012, 8:30-10:00am

Grand Circle Gallery – 347 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210
Hashtag: #dmbtownhall

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Local residents and professionals: please join the City of Boston, MassArt, DIGMA, and Design Museum Boston and for our first Town Hall meeting Friday, June 1, 2012 at 8:30am.

As a part of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town grant program, we will be holding periodic meetings with the public for insight and ideas on how design organizations can best benefit the community. This can be through programs, exhibits, classes, or whatever else you can imagine. Learn about our upcoming programs in the Fort Point area and around the Innovation District and lend your voice to the exciting conversation about how design can amplify culture and increase livability in Boston and beyond.

Breakfast and coffee will be provided. Hope to see you there!

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Get inspired, before work.

This event has been postponed.

Stay tuned for an announcement next week of our May CreativeMornings event.

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CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering for creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge!

There are chapters around the world including Zurich, LosAngeles, NewYork, San Francisco and now Boston! Follow us on Twitter (@Boston_CM) to be among the first to hear about upcoming events. Missed a previous event? Want to check out what chapters in other cities are up to? Videos are available on creativemornings.com.

Contact:
Sam Aquillano, Director, Design Museum Boston / sam [at] designmuseumboston.org
Mark Schianca, Director, Grand Circle Gallery / mschianca [at] gct.com

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Getting There: Design for Travel in the Modern Age Opens at Grand Circle Gallery in Boston

May 1, 2012 (Boston, MA) — Grand Circle Gallery and Design Museum Boston jointly present Getting There: Design for Travel in the Modern Age, an exhibition that explores how design shapes and transforms the experience of traveling by ship, train, and plane. Presented by Samsonite, the exhibition will run from May 11 through September 1, 2012 at Grand Circle Gallery, 347 Congress Street, Boston.

Getting There will compare the past, present, and future of travel by showcasing images, artifacts, and the design process. Set against the backdrop of Grand Circle Gallery’s collection of vintage travel posters, Getting There will track the ever evolving experience of travel. The exhibition will look back on the jet setting days of the early 1900s, consider the contemporary traveler’s experience in a deregulated travel industry, and offer some exciting glimpses into future travel possibilities.

The displays will chronicle the design evolution of traveler accessories, such as noise-canceling headsets, as well as designs of airline seats, train interiors, and vintage cutlery. Drawings, models, and prototypes from design firms such as Bose, Samsonite, Teague, and IDEO, will highlight projects that have creatively addressed design challenges posed by the constraints of human travel.

“We are really excited about this intriguing show,” said Grand Circle Gallery Director Mark Schianca. “By exploring Getting There, we hope that visitors will question what constitutes a ‘golden age’ of travel: was it truly an era gone by? Is it now? Or is it an era yet to come?”

Sam Aquillano, Director of Design Museum Boston, added, “We hope that this exhibition will encourage people to consider how design shapes not only our travel experiences but also all other aspects of our world.”

Grand Circle Gallery’s new and expanded summer hours are Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday noon to 6:00pm and Thursday noon to 7:00pm, as well as by appointment. Admission is FREE and the gallery is handicap accessible. For more information, please visit www.gct.com/grandcirclegallery or call 617-346-6459.

Design Museum Boston is New England’s first museum dedicated solely to design. Its mission is to educate the public on the role of design in their lives and to unite the design community in ways that enrich their collective work and solve real-world problems more creatively. Whether in a gallery, retail environment, public spaces or on the web, its programming gives audiences new insights into the design process and the greater social, economic, and environmental contexts that both affect and are affected by design. For information on current and past programs and exhibitions visit: designmuseumboston.org

Grand Circle Gallery is part of Grand Circle Corporation, the leader in international travel, adventure and discovery for Americans age 50 and older. Since 1992, its charitable arm Grand Circle Foundation has donated or pledged $91 million to more than 300 educational, humanitarian and cultural organizations worldwide, including 100 schools in 60 communities and 30 countries. In 2012, Grand Circle owners Alan and Harriet Lewis opened the free Grand Circle Gallery to the public in thanksgiving for 25 years of business in the Fort Channel neighborhood. gct.com/grandcirclegallery

Samsonite is the worldwide leader in superior travel bags, luggage and accessories, combining notable style with the latest design technology and the utmost attention to quality and durability. Samsonite creates unparalleled products that fulfill the travel and lifestyle needs of the sophisticated traveler. For 98 years, Samsonite has continued to build upon its rich design heritage. Samsonite markets products under the Samsonite, Samsonite Black Label, and American Tourister brands. Learn more: samsonite.com

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Get inspired, before work.

April 20, 2012, 8:30-10:00am

Space with a Soul – 281 Summer St. 7th Floor Boston, MA 02210
Hashtag: #BostonCM

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Our April presenters are Allana Taranto, Ben Spear and Jon Lopkin of One Big Open.
Free tickets will be available Monday, April 16, starting at 7:00 AM.

Allana Taranto, Ben Spear and Jon Lopkin have been working alongside one another and collaborating on project work for over a year. In addition to shooting wedding, portrait and boudoir photography (Ars Magna Studio, arsmagnastudio.com), Allana is an accomplished speaker on visual thinking. Ben has been a brand consultant for over ten years, and counts some of Boston’s most prestigious cultural institutions among his clients (Thinkside, thinkside.com). Jon owns a strategic graphic design boutique for forward thinking leaders (amusegrafik, amusegrafik.com). Their unique partnership has culminated in a project about the unique benefits that space-sharing confers on the passionate creative, called One Big Open.

This talk is their first engagement for the One Big Open initiative, which will culminate in a three-month-long pop-up coworking space. In it they’ll define the coworking movement and share their successes: expanding beyond your industry, fueling passion, producing programming, creating community and raising your profile. This is a new approach to business for a changed economy—learn how you can use it to grow professionally and spiritually.


Event Sponsored by:

Breakfast is generously sponsored by Captains of Industry. Founded by filmmakers, the Captains pioneered the use of entertaining video to help brands come alive on the web and attract the right customers. Today, much of our work still lives outside the realm of the traditional media plan, freeing our clients to try new things and jump on opportunities. What sets us apart? In a word, content. Whether we’re making a full-boat integrated campaign, or a targeted social media push, we put creative content at the center.


Coffee Sponsored by:

We’re pleased to announce Barismo will be the official coffee sponsor of CreativeMornings Boston. Barismo is a local small batch roaster based in Arlington, Massashusetts. Our approach to coffee is simple in concept: fresh sourcing, fresh roast, fresh grind, and fresh brew. This approach requires a transparent conversation between barismo, its producers, and all of our customers about quality.


Hosted by:

This month’s gracious host is: Space with a Soul. Meeting space is generously provided by Space With a Soul, a shared workspace for non-profits. The goal of Space with a Soul is to help organizations allocate more time and money to mission, rather than operations. They achieve that goal by providing shared office space, developing shared services, and engaging companies with a track record of work with the nonprofit community to provide affordable services to their nonprofits. Space with a Soul calls what they do “Mission Acceleration”.


CreativeMornings Boston and other Design Museum Boston programs are supported by ArtWorks,
The National Endowment for the Arts.


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CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering for creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge!

There are chapters around the world including Zurich, LosAngeles, NewYork, San Francisco and now Boston! Follow us on Twitter (@Boston_CM) to be among the first to hear about upcoming events. Missed a previous event? Want to check out what chapters in other cities are up to? Videos are available on creativemornings.com.

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Excitement was in the air high above the waterfront at Design Museum Boston’s latest UNITE event. The breathtaking views, provided by MassChallenge, were a fitting backdrop to the big ideas presented during the evening. Co-hosted by ONEin3 Boston, the night marked the first event in their Engagement Economics series, which is focused on bringing together practitioners, policy makers and citizens across neighborhoods and disciplines to examine the connection between civic health and economic development in Boston.

The crowd mingled and chatted while enjoying delicious food by Boloco and drinks courtesy of Harpoon and MS Walker. For the main event we had a panel of experts to discuss the importance of art and design on the community: Heidi Burbidge, Senior Project Manager of the Boston Redevelopment Authority; Ricardo Barreto, Director of The Urban Arts Institute; James Grace, Executive Director of the Arts & Business Council; John Harthorne, Founder and CEO of MassChallenge; and last, but not least, our own Derek Cascio, Co-Founder & Director of Design Museum Boston. It was great to see so many organizations working to integrate art and design into our everyday lives and striving to make Boston a hub of creativity and innovation.

Design Museum Boston is grateful for the sponsorship of Gerding Edlen, Boloco, Harpoon, MS Walker, and Ben Gebo Photography. The event couldn’t have happened without the support of our co-hosts, volunteers, and attendees. Thank you to all who attended and stay tuned for the next event in our UNITE series.

Presenting Sponsor:

Gerding Edlen is considered one of the nation’s leading experts in developing and managing green buildings, with an emphasis on developing properties that build community and positively reflect lifestyles of the future. They are a full service real estate investment, development and asset/property management firm with a depth of experience in sustainable development and renewable energy. Recognized for their socially responsible approach to real estate investment, Gerding Edlen is one of the world’s leading developers of LEED Certified properties with over 40 certified or registered LEED projects. Since 1996, the firm has developed more than 60 green projects totaling nearly $5 Billion in value throughout the Western U.S. 

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About UNITE: In collaboration with local businesses and organizations, Design Museum Boston hosts a series of events at unique locations throughout the city. These events offer designers and non-designers alike an opportunity to connect, eat, drink and show their support for the museum. Click here for a look at our last UNITE event.

About ONEin3 Boston: ONEin3 Boston was founded by Mayor Thomas M. Menino in 2004 as an advisory council to represent the one-third of Boston’s population that is between the ages of 20 and 34. Council members are actively engaged Boston citizens who represent a wide variety of professional disciplines. Collectively the council has a comprehensive overview of its representative population and an authoritative voice on the issues this population faces.

Vote for Design!

MassChallenge 2012 is in full swing and this year Design Museum Boston is competing! MassChallenge is the world’s largest accelerator program and startup competition. They strengthen finalist organizations by providing high-quality, personalized mentorship, free office space, and $1 million in cash awards. You can help Design Museum Boston as we move into the first round of judging by voting for us! Here’s how:

How to vote:

1. First you’ll need to register as an Observer with MassChallenge by visiting this link.

   

2. MassChallenge will send you a confirmation email, click on the sign-in link in the email to login.
3. Once logged in visit our page and click on “5 stars – Awesome”

   

4. Feel good knowing you’re helping Design Museum Boston grow!

Thank you from all of us at Design Museum Boston!

UNITE & ENGAGE with design & entrepreneurship.

March 28, 2012, 6:00-8:30pm
MassChallenge – 1 Marina Park Drive Boston, MA

Join Design Museum Boston along with our co-host, ONEin3 Boston, at MassChallenge for our next UNITE event on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 6:00pm. This is a very special UNITE event and marks the first event in ONEin3 Boston’s Engagement Economics series. We are proud to partner with them as they work to bring together practitioners, policy makers and citizens across neighborhoods and disciplines to examine the connection between civic health and economic development in Boston. The evening will consist of food, friends and a panel discussion with representatives from The Arts and Business Council, The Urban Arts Institute, The Boston Open Studios Coalition, The Boston Redevelopment Authority, MassChallenge and Design Museum Boston.

MassChallenge is easy to get to, located right off of the Silver Line at the Courthouse Station stop or just a short walk from South Station, so come and learn all about these great organizations, what they’re doing and how we can work together to help our community thrive!

This event is presented and made free of charge by our sponsor:

Gerding Edlen is considered one of the nation’s leading experts in developing and managing green buildings, with an emphasis on developing properties that build community and positively reflect lifestyles of the future. They are a full service real estate investment, development and asset/property management firm with a depth of experience in sustainable development and renewable energy. Recognized for their socially responsible approach to real estate investment, Gerding Edlen is one of the world’s leading developers of LEED Certified properties with over 40 certified or registered LEED projects. Since 1996, the firm has developed more than 60 green projects totaling nearly $5 Billion in value throughout the Western U.S. 

Co-hosted by:

Food & Drink provided by:

Venue provided by:

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About UNITE: In collaboration with local businesses and organizations, Design Museum Boston hosts a series of events at unique locations throughout the city. These events offer designers and non-designers alike an opportunity to connect, eat, drink and show their support for the museum. Click here for a look at our last UNITE event.

About ONEin3 Boston: ONEin3 Boston was founded by Mayor Thomas M. Menino in 2004 as an advisory council to represent the one-third of Boston’s population that is between the ages of 20 and 34. Council members are actively engaged Boston citizens who represent a wide variety of professional disciplines. Collectively the council has a comprehensive overview of its representative population and an authoritative voice on the issues this population faces.

Get inspired, before work.

March 23, 2012, 8:30-10:00am
Oficio – 30 Newbury St. Boston, MA 02116
Hashtag: #BostonCM

Our March presenter is Ted Page, Principal, Creative Director, Captains of Industry.
Free tickets will be available Monday, March 19th, starting at 7:00 AM.

Most companies attempt to build their internal cultures using dry mission statements and core values posted on walls by the water cooler, but the end result is often the usual soul crushing hierarchy and dumbed-down, “safe” work. Captains of Industry, a creative shop in Boston, took a different approach – a Manifesto that brings together ideas and designs that embody what it means to be a Captain. In this session, Captains of Industry co-founder and creative director, Ted Page, provides a guided tour of key aspects of the Manifesto that have helped form the company’s unique culture and philosophy. The talk will be an excellent excuse for anyone seeking to get out of their office for a few hours, have a decent breakfast away from their keyboard, and remove their shoes (recommended but not required. See disclaimer for details. Offer not valid in all time zones. Talk with your doctor before taking in combination with other medications).

Designing a Creative Culture – The Manifesto.
(i.e., how to build a company culture where you do great work, have fun, and ditch the shoes)

Ted Page has more than 25 years of experience creating strategy-driven work that clients are proud of. Ted co-founded Captains of Industry in the late 90’s with a leading Boston-area filmmaker, Fred Surr, and went on to pioneer new ways to draw customers’ to client websites with video storytelling. Ted has created memorable work – from ad campaigns and websites to print literature and video – for a wide range of clients around the world, including Starbucks, Nike, KEMA, EnerNoc, SolidWorks and First Wind. Today, Page leads the creative development process at COI, helping to ensure that clients are provided with outstanding work that delivers measurable results. His musings can be followed on the Captains’ Blog.


Event Sponsored by:

Breakfast is generously sponsored by 48HourPrint.com. 48HourPrint.com is a leading online printing firm offering high-quality printing and mailing services to graphic designers, small businesses, and nonprofits that value quality, speed, and affordable prices. They offer 40 products, including posters, business cards, postcards, brochures, greeting cards, calendars, pocket folders, and booklets, all backed by the firm’s 48 Hour Turnaround Guarantee.


Coffee Sponsored by:

We’re pleased to announce Barismo will be the official coffee sponsor of CreativeMornings Boston. Barismo is a local small batch roaster based in Arlington, Massashusetts. Our approach to coffee is simple in concept: fresh sourcing, fresh roast, fresh grind, and fresh brew. This approach requires a transparent conversation between barismo, its producers, and all of our customers about quality.


Hosted by:

This month’s gracious host is: Oficio. Oficio is a boutique shared office and coworking space located at 30 Newbury Street that offers members a business mailing address, variety of seating options, high speed wifi, meeting rooms equipped with 42″ HD Monitors and mark-up walls, private phone booths, and complimentary gourmet coffee. Memberships start as low as $99 per month. For more information and to reserve a free day pass, visit http://www.myoficio.com.




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CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering for creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge!

There are chapters around the world including Zurich, LosAngeles, NewYork, San Francisco and now Boston! Follow us on Twitter (@Boston_CM) to be among the first to hear about upcoming events. Missed a previous event? Want to check out what chapters in other cities are up to? Videos are available on creativemornings.com.

Get inspired, before work.

February 10, 2012, 8:30-10:00am
Space with a Soul – 281 Summer St. 7th Floor Boston, MA
Hashtag: #BostonCM

Our February presenter is Mike Kivikoski.
Tickets will be available Monday, February 6th, starting at 7:00 AM.

So, are you ready to quit your job and begin working for yourself?

Join us for inspiration and discover the three stages of starting your own gig: 1) Take This Job and #%@ It! 2) Oh No, What Did I Do? and 3) Oooh, I Can Do This, I Can Really, Really Do This.

It can be a terrifying jump, but there are lots of things you can do and plan for to help ease that fear – and lots of rewards to reap during the journey. Our inspirational speaker will discuss tips, tricks, myths, and methods that will help you make a successful transition. (High fives will be provided at no cost.)

Mike Kivikoski is a Designer and Web Developer who runs Atedrake, a boutique web studio based out of the Fringe collective in Somerville, MA.

Since starting his own business, he’s had the chance to work with a wide range of clients, including AstraZeneca, BMC Software, Cuppow, NBA, Sprite, Island Creek Oysters, and the Democratic National Committee.

February Special! The first 100 folks through the door will receive a limited edition CreativeMornings notebook from Scout Books!

Help keep CreativeMornings free and open to the public while reaching thousands of Greater Boston creative professionals: sponsor an upcoming CreativeMornings event: find out how: contact us.

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Meeting space is generously provided by Space With a Soul, a shared workspace for non-profits. The goal of Space with a Soul is to help organizations allocate more time and money to mission, rather than operations. They achieve that goal by providing shared office space, developing shared services, and engaging companies with a track record of work with the nonprofit community to provide affordable services to their nonprofits. Space with a Soul calls what they do “Mission Acceleration”.


CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering for creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge!

There are chapters around the world including Zurich, LosAngeles, NewYork, San Francisco and now Boston! Follow us on Twitter (@Boston_CM) to be among the first to hear about upcoming events. Missed a previous event? Want to check out what chapters in other cities are up to? Videos are available on creativemornings.com.