September 2011 Blog Posts (13)

We are so excited to be bringing Creative Mornings to Boston! 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…

It's been a while since I've updated you from Hong Kong! At the beginning of the month, the Hong Kong Design Centre hosted…

The Boston Architectural College's Design Studio, "Design Museum Boston Studio" met last week to present and discuss their work to design a mobile pavilion for Design Museum Boston.  The students, each working individually, presented the second iteration of their ideas. 

The concepts were beautifully…

When most people hear the words “landscape architecture,” an image of a team of men with rakes and leaf blowers comes to mind. Few outside the design community may be familiar with the rich theoretical underpinnings of the architectural discipline of landscape design, which are still being formed in architecture schools across the country. Though all designers must solve concrete problems while producing an aesthetically pleasing solution, landscape designers have a particular relationship…

The Boston Architectural College Design Studio C-1 has teamed up with Design Museum Boston (DMB) for and exciting design venture.  The client, DMB, has charged the studio with designing a mobile exhibition pavilion.  It should be flexible enough to display many types of material and subjects, while simultaneously representing the branding message of DMB.  In order to achieve this a schedule of client meetings will help to guide the students through the clients design needs.  This process…

Join Design Museum Boston along with co-host, Boston World Partnerships, at The Boston Globe for our next UNITE event on Thursday October 6, 2011 at 6:30pm. In addition to an enormous printing press, the Globe’s halls are filled with Boston history including a World Series…

Design Museum Boston has kicked off its second STUDIO program, this time partnering with the Boston Architectural College and Professor Mary Hale as part of our continuing effort to provide students with real…

This past Wednesday I had the pleasure of participating in a Young Alumni panel at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. I was joined on stage by Artist and Illustrator Pat Falco and Designer…

The exhibit came down a couple of weeks ago now (see the photos below) but we had a such a positive response that we're working to move the exhibition to a new location. So, if you didn't get to see it at the Prudential Center you'll have another chance very soon. Stay tuned for updates and until then keep up…

A page from Rana Abou Rjeily's Cultural Connectives, a book comparing the Arabic and English languages.

The Arabic language is a formidable goal for any language learner, particularly because of its script. The cursive script used throughout the Arab world for all types of…



The first thing I noticed about Copenhagen upon emerging from the metro station: the bikes. I’ve never seen so many bikes and so many people riding bikes in my life. At the central train station near my hotel, it appeared as though every surface, bar, post, and grate was covered in bikes; it looked like…